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CHAPTER
I.

PAGE

Significance of the Crafts in the Life of a People

...

3
16

II.

The Cultivation of Taste and Design

III.

The Real Girl

That Boy

28 47 67
78 85

IV.

V.
VI.

A House and Lot Especially the Lot

Vacations, Athletics, Scouting, Camping, Photography
. .

Index

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Wireless station and

workroom

of

George Riches
Frontispiece

An example

of furniture such as boys like

....
...

FACING PAGE

4
5
5

Clay pots made for germination experiments The work of children between ten and eleven years
of age

examples of furniture grouping for the porch or outdoors The numerous photographs suggest disorder and dust An interesting curtain which might be duplicated

Two

18
19

by any

girl

20
.

Since flowers are so beautiful in themselves, is it not worth while to arrange them with judgment?

21

school garden in Jordan Harbour, Ontario, Can.

class

Domestic science

The work

of girls in the public schools

.

28 29 30
31

and sunshine All children love to play at being grown up'' Girls must sometime learn of the conventions and customs of domestic arrangement
children's garden gives fresh air
^'
.

32
33 48

.... A boys' camp with Ernest Thompson Seton ...

The play
.

idea very soon grows toward the representation of primitive though adult customs and actions

typical boy's

workroom and shop

Vll

49 50

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
of shop
.

The kind The kite

which one may have at home fever is an annual disease Pump and waterwheel Boat made by Percy ^Yilson and Donald INIather
of

.51
52 53 54
55 56 57 58 59 60
61

These are the forerunners

trical constructions

numerous other

elec-

A
A

real derrick in

miniature

Waterwheels and fan

self-recording telegraph receiver

Wireless station and

An

electrical

workroom of Donald Huxom soldering iron and glue-pot

Waterwheel connected with model lathe Excellent examples of high school work A manual training shop The machine shop

.... ....

62 63 64
65 64
65

The study

of aeroplane construction

successful

machine
love to

Finished aeroplanes

The boy who does not

unique This and other illustrations of homes, show such places as people make when they care about appearance Even the most beautiful house must have a background One should build a house as one builds a reputation Trees, shrubbery and law^n form the frame of the
is
. .

camp

68

69

70 71
72

picture

There was a time not long

since,

when people

built

houses according to style school garden

is

The Watchung School garden

There
a fascination about raising animals whether
for sale or as pets

73 74 75 76

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ix

Two more
Every

illustrations

which

will suggest plans for

the future
especially the boy, needs active outdoor exercise
child^

77

and

78 79

Organized play (woodcraft) under Ernest Thompson Seton More woodcraft. Has the boy had a chance at this kind of experience? Even the technical process of photography has been reduced to popular terms In these days photography has become so simplified that every child can use a camera to advantage

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PEOPLE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CRAFTS IN THE LIFE OF A

THERE was when

world

never a time in the history of the

each race, each nation, each

unit, each family almost, did
artists.

community
not possess
its

craftsmen and

In every

instance, these so-called gifted

no means the
as

least

members were by important citizens; their names

idols of the people.

appeared again and again in the stream of tradition

wonder workers and

This

is still

true in the very midst of a materialistic age,

when money and mechanics work hand in hand to produce the most in the least time for economic reasons, and when the individual worships "handmade things.'' They may even be poorly made or
bizarre,

but ''handwork''
textile, or

satisfies

the untutored.

Now

it is

quite possible for the machine to produce

a bit of jewelry,

it

woodwork even carving quite as pleasing as any made by hand alone, and But the machine-made; is being done every day.

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article

GUroE AND INDEX

must be produced
There
It
lies
is

in large quantities (dupli-

cates) for profit, whereas the

is

work

of

hand alone

unique.

the reason for reverence of

"handwork/'

always individual and charin style or technique

aristocratic.

acteristic of the

workman
it

and
the

has no duplicate;

is

Among

primitives, the pot, necklace, or utensil

was wrought

by

infinite labor,

and, being valuable because unique,

all

was embellished with

symbolism.
It

the

wealth of current

was preserved with care and became

to succeeding generations as a tan-

more valuable

gible record of race culture

and

ideals.

And

so

down

to the present time, the handiwork of the

craftsman and skilled artisan has always stood as

the one imperishable record of racial development.

The degree

of finish, the intricacy of design

and
with

nicety of construction are evidences of skill and

fine tools, well-organized processes, familiarity

material and careful apprenticeship: the pattern,

color,

ornament, and symbolism point to culture,

learning,

and standards
of

of

taste

and beauty.
utensils,

A
are

crude
garish

domestic

economy,

rude

coarse,

costume and

simple

construction,
social order.

characteristic of

an undeveloped

In

fact, all the arts of

both construction and expression

exhibit at a given period the degree of civilization;

Copyrigat, 1909. by Chesiure L. boone

Clay Pots

Made

Public School.

Germination Experiments in Grade IV. of the The Boys of this Grade Built a Small Kiln in which
for

these Pots were Fired

The Work

of Children

between Ten and Eleven Years

of

Age

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art products are true historical documents.

Since

then through their arts and crafts

for

it

is

possible

one to know a people, does

time

it

not follow that

one entrance to sympathy with the ideals and taste

of the present
is

through practice in the arts?

of information

Of course a considerable mass

about

them can be conveyed in words, especially to adults who have passed the formative period in life and have not the same ^i^or^-incentive as have children. But even the adult never really secretes much real knowledge of the arts unless he has worked in them.

He

acquires rather a veneer or artistic polish which

readily loses its lustre in even a moderately critical

atmosphere: he learns artistry and the laws pertaining thereto as he would learn the length of the

Brooklyn Bridge or the population of El Paso.

merely learns to talk about
primarily and solely
of taste
art.

He

by

doings

But children learn and the foundations

and culture need to be put down early that

build

they

upon them the best possible superstructure which time and opportunity permit.

may

The foregoing paragraphs will perhaps have opened the way for questions: "What kind of knowledge
is

of

most

worth.?

all of

them

try to make things, and what

Why

do children

practically
is

their

choice.?"

And when

these queries have been an-

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swered so far as

may
it

be,

do the answers possess

immediate value?

At the outset
knowledge
will

will

be evident that no sort of

avail until
it

be of

much

it is

put in

such form that the student can use

to advantage.

Mere knowledge
inert
fruit

of

any kind

is

inherently static
like

and often seemingly and raw meat.

indigestible,

green

One too frequently meets college graduates, both men and women, equipped with so-called education, who are economic failures.
These people are
knowledge
full of

information, well up to date,

it.

but they seemingly cannot use

of
is
fit

Their assortment

apparently in odd mental sizes

which do not
as applied to

the machinery of practical thinking

it

life:

is

like gold

on a desert
is (1)

isle.

What
(2)

the boy and

girl

need and desire

a favor-

able introduction to the sources of information,

and

the key to

its use.

They

will

have to be shown
their

simple facts and truths,

relations

and have

mental

and importance explained.

By

gradually

introducing
field

new knowledge
is

as occasion offers, the

of

study

sufficiently

widened.

Children

profit little

by books and tools alone: they crave encouragement and some direct constructive criticism.

In such an atmosphere their endeavors besignificant

come

and

profitable,

and the accumulated

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ideas

learning will be applied to business or economic

which result

in progressive
tool,

thinking, which
itself.

uses information as a
If

not an end in

then the arts of a people stand as monuments

to its beliefs
of

and

ideals,

an intimate understanding

some

of the arts ought to be provided for in every

scheme of education both at home and in school.

The

child

is

by nature

interested in the attributes

of things associated with his life

and upbringing.
are made,

He wants
and learn

to

know about them, how they

by means

their uses

of experiment.

The
finally

elements of science, mechanics and natural phe-

nomena, business and household

play (which
is

art,

and

often adult living in miniature)

is

these comprise a large portion of the subject matter

which

is

of

prime importance to children.

It

just such material as this

which bids

fair to serve

in the future as the basis for public school curricula,

simply because of
its

its

strong appeal to youth and

potential worth in forming the adult.

kite,

The boy makes a

in order to

a telegraph

outfit, or sled

give to his play a vestige of realism.

He

seeks to

mold the physical world to personal

do.

desires, as

men

Incidentally he taps the general

mass

of scientific facts or

data and extracts therereal, fruitful

from no small amount of very

informa-

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The
result possesses marvelously suggestive
it

and

lasting qualities because

came through
all

eflfort;

because the boy wanted above

things to see his

his guiding hand,

machine or toy

ivork, move, or

obey

he was willing to dig for the necessary understanding of the problem.

tact with

His study brought about conlines of

numerous other

work which were

lines
lies

not at the time, perhaps, germain to the subject,

but were suggestive and opened various side

of experiment to be considered later.

Therein

the lure of mechanics and craft work, gardening,

outdoor projects, camping,

etc.

the subject

is

never

exhausted, the student can never ''touch bottom."

There

is

always an unexplored path to follow up.

The
boy

intensity of interest in mechanical things

and

in nature is the in
line.

one influence which can hold the

loose

Turn him
essential

among mechanical

things where nicety of fitting and accurate work-

manship are

and he appreciates construcit is

tion immediately, because

clear that

workman-

ship and efficiency go

hand
girl:

in

hand.

It

is

very

much

the same with the

she

may
is

not enjoy the

tedium

of

mere sewing, but when the sewing serves

a personal end,

when sewing

essential

to her

greatest needs, these conditions provide the only,

inevitable, sure stimulus to ambition

and

effort.

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The
school of the past,

and often that

of the
fertiliz-

present, has sought to produce the adult

by

ing the child with arithmetic, grammar, geography,

and language.
of crooked,

The

process resulted in

all

kinds

stunted, oblique growth, the greatest

of
''sports''

assortment

(to

use

horticultural

term) the world has ever seen.

It isn't intellectual
is

food the child needs most (though some

necessary); the real need
is

very

intensive cultivation.
like the

young plant, great potential strength and virility, enough to

Within himself he possesses,
produce a splendid being absolutely at one with his

and surroundings; he simply requires the chance to use the knowledge and opportunities
time

which
of

lie

at hand.

It

is,

then, the
science,

every-day interest
like

common
business,

subjects

nature

and the

which are the sources of knowledge

They
are

which has greatest worth to children.^

the valuable ones because they are of the type which

first

attracts

and holds the

child's attention;

they

are concrete.

Through them one may

learn lan-

guage and expression, because one has something

worth saying.

The second question, ''Why do children like to make things and what is their choice?" in the light
*

For the elaboration

of this question as

it

concerns girls see Chapter IV.

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what has been said practically answers
itself.

of

Children work primarily in response to that law of

nature w^hich urges the young to exercise their

muscles, to become skilful and accurate in

move-

ment, for the sake of self-preservation and survival.

It
is

another phase of the same law which makes one

carry out in work, in concrete form, the ideas which

come tumbling in from all conceivable sources. The child can only think and learn in terms of
material things.
Finally, the child's interests, the

things he desires to

make and

do, are such as will

minister to his individual or social needs, his play

and imitation, and such as

will satisfy his desire

to produce articles of purpose.

The need may be

is

a temporary, minor one, but every child

stubborn

on

this

one point, that everything he does must

lead to utility of a sort; through such working with

a purpose he in time rises to an appreciation of

beauty and other abstract

qualities.

Now
and
waste

this

complex condition
which there
motion''
is

of child

and school

society, in

seemingly so

"lost

has

much
a con-

always existed; the

It
is

facts are not

new ones by any means.

is

dition

where the child

always curious, inquisitive

of business,

and ready to ''hook a ride" on the march

science

and learning, but the school sternly com-

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mands
''learn these stated facts

11

because they are

fundameutaF' (philosophically), while society, represented

school,

by the
which
is

parent,

alternately

abuses

the

collectively his

own

institution,

by withholding the tools for learning easily. In the meantime the child, with the native adaptability and hardiness of true need, thrives in barren, untoward surroundings, and maor spoils the child
tures notwithstanding.

In other words, the school

In

and society have always tended toward misunderstanding

toward
is

a lack of mutual interest.

this period of uncertainty, of educational groping,

the child

found in his

leisure hours

pushing along
life

the paths which connect most directly with

and

action,
of

shunning the beaten but roundabout

highways

custom and conservatism.

are

The deductions
and there
size, it will
is

evident and clear-cut.

If

one accepts the foregoing statement of the case,

ample evidence

in

any community

of

be clear that certain definite opportunities

girl to

should be opened to the boy or

of native talent

make

the most

and enthusiasm.

Encourage the

young business adventurer or artisan to make the most of his chosen hobby (and to choose a hobby
if

he has not one already), to systematize

it,

develop

it,

make

it

financially profitable

if

that

is

the desire;

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first, last
is

but

and

all

the time to

make

it

a study

which

intensive enough to satisfy his or her pro-

ductive ambitions.
school period) the
able to decide

At

this

age (up to the high

boy or

girl

may

not have been

upon a profession or business, but he is working tow^ard decision, and he is the only one who can choose. Instead of trying to select an occupation for him, father and mother would do
w^ell

to put the child at the

for

mercy

of his

own

re-

sources

amusement, recreation and business,

merely lending a hand

development.
It
will

now and then

preserve

in their full

the

freshness

of

youth beyond the ordinary time

of its absorption

by a blase attitude toward the world, and lead toward

a more healthy and critical kind of study than the

haphazard lonesomeness, or the destructive gang

spirit of

the modern community.*

it

Perhaps

would not be amiss to indicate just

how this unofficial study may be promoted, and to name the resources of the parent for the purpose.
First of
all,

nine children out of ten will definitely

choose a hobby or recreation or indicate some preference,

*

as

photography, animal
drawing,
sport,

pets,

woodwork,

electricity,
Both boys and

one or more of the

girls have clubs, societies and organizations, which are useless, enervating or merely harmless when they exist without purpose. If, on the other hand, the aggregate energy can be collected into profitable channels, these same gangs or societies are a real source of educatit^n and training. Any organization without consistent, sustained purxxjse is a waste of social energy. Baseball is worth while, but the merits of high school fraternities are doubtful.
_

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domestic
are as
arts, collecting coins,

13
etc.; there

stamps,

many

tastes as children.

The

his suggestion

from the school or

may get companions. Any

child

legitimate taste should be actively encouraged

and

supplemented by books which really explain and

by

tools

and materials with which to use the books.

for the specific purpose so that the

If it is

a shop he wants, try to give him the use of

some corner
occupation
nile

may

be dignified according to

its

juve-

worth.

Second, endeavor to

emphasize

the

economic and

social significance of the

work done
If

and urge right along some

dition,

definite aim.

a boy
in con-

wants a shop, or pets, see that they are kept

attended
to,

and

if

possible give
of

some measure
energy.

of tangible return

on the outlay

money and

Third, connect the boy's or

girl's

chosen avocation
Girls

with real living in every possible manner.

are rather fond of those decorative arts which contribute to artistic pleasure,

and should they make

block-printing,

experiments
the
like,

with

stenciling,

and

have them use them also

the

in embellishing

their

own rooms,

make
the

the child feel

summer camp or club. Fourth, that a given hobby is not to be

Put some
is

satisfied for the

mere asking.

limit

on

money expenditure
is

until it

clear that the

interest

genuine and honest, and that the child

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is

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either producing results

which are sincere, or

Fifth and last, but per-

acquiring real knowledge.

haps most important of

its effort

all,

support the school in

to solve the problem of formal education,

It
is

because the heavy burden rests there.

essential that the

quite

possible
lines

boy and girl every chance to develop along original and specific
give the

home

at their

own

pace, to experiment with the

world's activities in miniature,

and

establish the

probable trend of individual effort for the future.

But

this

can only supplement and point the way for

the formal training which the institution (school)

gives.

The

school, being

democratic and depen-

dent upon the general public for existence, takes

its

cue therefrom, and creating ideals in consonance

with public needs perfects the method of reaching

them.

When

father

and mother believe

attitude
will

in

vigorous, efficient education, rooted deeply in the

child's

fundamental
affairs,

toward-

the

world

and
so,

its

then

the public approve and

urge the proper kind of organized training.

Even

the school cannot really educate the child

he educates himself through the agents aforementioned

it

simply organizes information and gives

access to

the pupil
ideas.

methods

of using

facts

and

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In closing this chapter there
is

15

one more word to

be said concerning the main theme.

crafts* of

The

arts

and
that

expression and construction

fulfil

precise function in the child's preliminary training

which they did in the early history of the race.

They

indicate just that degree of

ability
of

manual

skill

and

constructive
individual

which both the youthful

and the young race are capable; they and constructive thinking.

serve as indices and guides to the development of

design,

taste

As the

child matures he

may

elevate a given craft to an

art or science, but the early familiarity, the simple

processes, he should have, because they are essential

to childhood.

Hence, the large amount of handwork

in the kindergarten

and primary school;

it

is

the

necessary complement to academic work and balances

the educational diet.
* It will

be evident that the term

crafts as here

used

is

a more comprehensive term than when

in connection with the arts and crafts furore of the past few years. Any kind of manual occupation may be a craft; if it involves a measure of art and science it may become more than craft. a But with children the craft stage, which is characteristic, includes many occupations which may not even be true crafts as the term is ordinarily used.

employed

CHAPTER

II

THE CULTIVATION OF TASTE AND DESIGN

ITthat art or any phase

successfully

WILL be evident to the thinl^ing man or woman

of
it is

not to be taught

as

profession

through

books.
is

The very most

that one can expect from reading

a knowledge about art matters and

acquaintance

with the conventions and rules which obtain therein.

But even
ciples of

this slight result

may

be the precursor of

a fuller, more intimate familiarity with the prin-

good taste and design.

able to say ^'that
is

One may be

a beautiful

room"

"a charming gown" and yet be unable to produce any such things. How is it possible then to know if one cannot do? The answer is that, potentially^ every individual who really sees and appreciates beauty can produce it through some form of artistic expression; the power to execute and the power of invention are merely
or ''a fine garden" or

undeveloped.

And

as for the artist or craftsman

who can make

beautiful things, but

16

who cannot

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explain

17

how he does

it

he

is

unique, Hke the matheit

is

matical genius; he just sees the answer;

gift.

Though

there are born in every generation a

few with the divine spark of genius, the mass of

men and women

In other words,
subjects
it

has

always learned by

effort.

has been possible to teach the

necessary to culture

which were found

it
is

and education;

quite possible to present the

ordinary phases of art to the lay mind in such a

way, even through books, that one

ideals,

may have worthy

and a healthy point

chapter will be devoted to

as these* for boys

The present showing how books such

of view.

and

girls

can contribute to the

development of

taste.

Frankly, taste has

much

less to

do with

fine art

than with the arrangement and choice of the ordinary

externals of living.
last analysis pass

Of course

fine art does in

the

judgment upon form, color and

variety of taste

design in clothes, furnishings and architecture, but

the

common home
Only

is

derived directly

from custom, comfort, and convention, not from art

at
all.

in the later stages of refinement does

the lay

mind succumb

to direct supervision

by

art.

On

the other hand,

all

conventions and ideals are

Ihe result or
Library of

sum
Play.

total of general experience, in

Work and

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its

which art has played

few principles so

part,

and has

left

some
all.

impress on the individual, giving rise to belief in a

common

as to be accepted

by

Principles of this kind are not always serviceable

or effective, because they are not stated in precise

language, and cannot therefore become standard.

In truth, so far as design

is

concerned, there are verj"

like

few absolute rules for guidance, and a book

"'Home Decoration" cannot

tell

the child or parent

Its mis-

how
sion

to
is

make

a beautiful, inspiring home.

to create the desire for fine surroundings,

to suggest
especially

ways and means

those

for

studying design,
associated

phases

of

decoration
all

with the crafts, and above

such a book invites

and helps to maintain a

toward
artistic matters.

receptive attitude of

mind

In the

effort to

produce

work

of

merit,

one becomes

critical,

and seeks
This
is

reasons and precedents for judgment.

the

beginning of design study: and the fact that one has

real interest in taste
is

indicative of the desire of the

If a child is

cultured

up

in

mind for ideals. the ^^I know what

allowed to grow

I like'' atmosphere, without

reasonable contact with choice things, and without the

necessity for selection based

upon reason, there is small chance that such a child will ever acquire any

sense of fitness or taste in material surroundings.

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Two Examples

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The aims
of all practical

19
girls

books for boys and

may
(a)

be summarized about as follows:

To
it

absorb the overflow of youthful energy

into profitable channels.

and turn
(6)

To

develop organized thinking and accomthe complement to the

plishment, and eliminate wasted, aimless, non-pro-

ductive action.

This

is

routine of formal training in academic subjects,

which are in themselves, normally un-useful.

(c)

To To

explore the field of accomplishment in

order to select intelligently a future occupation.

(d)

develop and foster standards and ideals

of efficiency, comfort,

enjoyment, beauty and social

is

worth.

This

last

purpose includes taste and

the

one of concern here.

The pecuhar

aesthetic standards

which interest

young people are

fundamental.
dicate the

of the

most practical kind.

They
will in-

apply every day and to everybody.

And

they are

The

illustrations given

below

common-sense way

in

which design should

be approached:
Color.

The

tones of the color scale have not yet

been systematized so well as those of music, but

each year students of design and artists
little

move

toward agreement.

Now, suppose one

in

wishes

to use

two or more tones

a room, hovy

may

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effect

harmonious

be

secured?

The very word

''harmony'" means agreement, and suggests similarity,

likeness, relationship.

Therefore the tones one would

use in the embelHshment of a

room should
as

possess

some common
is

quality for the

harmonizing element.
characteristic

Each tone having that quality

ing the

similar in that one respect to all other tones hav-

same

quality.

Hence they are

related in a

way.

The

relation

may

be made strong or weak

by the manipulation of the bond which holds the tones together. For instance: Red and green are not related at all. By mixing
gray with each, red and green become
related

through gray.
etc.,

By

mixing yellow, orange or blue,

with red and green, the relationship

may

be

established in the

same way.

Yellow and green have a

yelloio,
it

common
it will

quality

and

in so far tend

toward harmony.

But

may

not be a pleasing one, and

be necessary
very

to bring

them

still

closer together

by introducing
Yellow
is

other bonds, as gray or a color.

light

and green
if

is

dark: they will work together

better
It
is

brought nearer together in value.

tions

by such simple means that all color combinaare brought into line and rendered satisfactory.
mixing or choosing the actual

No

rule can be given for

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An

Interesting Curtain which might be

Girl

DupHcated by almost any

If

She

Wanted Curtains

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Since Flowers are so Beautiful in

selves,
is

Them-

it

not Worth While to Arrange

?

Them

with J'idgment

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colors,

21

but

it is

a safe rule to select those of a kind

in

some

respect.

The popular
is

belief in

low-toned

(grayed) color schemes

ciple

a sound one, and the prin-

can be used very comfortably by the amateur

decorator in furnishing a home.

colors she wishes,
will

She can have any

pleasing,
if

and make them

she

unite

them by some harmonizing

and

tone.

Of

course, all grays even are not rich

beautiful,

but they are better than unadulterated

color.

Mr.

Irwin in one of his breezy skits quotes the aesthete

as saying:

^'Good taste should be

like the police-

man

at parade; he should permit the assembled

colors to

to start a
tries
gilt

make an orderly demonstration but not riot.'' The moment the unskilled amateur
and

to use white woodwork, red wallpaper,

furniture in combination, he or she courts failure

simply because the choice lacks the pervading tone

which would modify the three.

secure

There are ways to

harmony even under the most adverse conbut the technical details are not pertinent

ditions,

here.

Another characteristic which stands

of

in the

way

harmony

is

emphasis.

The moment any one

its

tone becomes greatly different from

value or otherwise,
it

neighbors in

stands out, attracts attention,

just as in material objects, unusual, curious shapes

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sizes invite notice, often

and

beyond

their just dues.

Hence a

brilliant yellow house, a bright green

gown,

large figured wallpaper, are over-emphatic.

Clothes,

which by their color and

style are loud in their

clamor for inspection, are out of key and bear the

same

relation to surroundings

which foreign, exotic

manners and customs bear to domestic conventions.

And
dren,

ordinarily one does not seek such prominence.

This

question of

taste

is

a vital

one to

chil-

and these books about

''Xeedlecraft,''

''Home
etc.,

Decoration," ''Outdoor Work," "Gardening,"

are indirectly

most useful because they put the

child in a position to choose.

helps run the

home

is

The bound to

girl

who
is

sew^s

and

cross the path of

design a dozen times a day.

She

faced with

problems of arrangement, color and

turn.

utility at

every

Her

owti clothes, her room, the porch

inert,

and

garden,

whatever she touches, are

lifeless
is

things which await artistic treatment.

It

when

the child
interest

is

faced with the problem of personal

and pleasure that these elementary con-

ceptions of design

may

be proposed.
for

Form and
both

Line.

Each year fashion decrees

certain "correct" styles.

men and women

At

slightly longer intervals the shops offer

of furniture, hangings, jewelry,

new models Have pottery, etc.

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these

23

new

things been devised to meet a change in

Not at all; they are inventions to stimulate trade. Most of such productions are out of place, incongruous, in company with present possessions. One must have a pretty sound sense of fitness and selection in order to use them to advantage or to resist their lure. As single examples, many of the new things are beautiful in color and
pubhc
taste?
line,

though they

may have

nothing whatever in

common

with what one already owns.

a given pattern in furniture
second, because of
its
first,

One chooses
because of
in line

its utility;

harmony
It
is

and

size

with other furniture already owned;

its

and

third,

because of

intrinsic beauty.

much

less difiicult to furnish

a house throughout

than to refurnish an old room in consonance with

others already complete.
All the household things

need not be of one kind, though the closer one clings

to a clear-cut conception of
of

some kind) the better

harmony (relationship the result. Hence clothes

itself

may

either beautify or exaggerate personal physique,

and the garden may attach

at

to the house
isolation.

and

grounds or stand in lonely, painful

Down

bottom design aims to assemble elements and parts into proper groups, and in the common questions of

home

decorations and dress the student can

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work on
just that simple basis.
It
is

usually

usually

the incongruous, over-prominent, conspicuous, or isolated factor in decoration which causes trouble.

This fragmentary discussion

will

perhaps suggest
the pursuit

some

of the benefit

which

may come from

The
it is

of crafts

and occupations.

illustrations here

given are in some detail because

look design at
thing
is

so easy to overthings.

home and

in

common
is

Every-

so familiar there, one

so accustomed to
it

the furniture, rugs and their arrangement, that

never comes to mind that the situation might be

improved.

It

must be remembered
conceptions

that,

when
handi-

children begin to apply design to their

craft,

own
of

their

fundamental

beauty

originate in the
lose faith in

home.

Either the children must

or, as

home taste,

they grow and learn, be

allowed to bring their new-found knowledge back

into the

home and

''try it on."

This

is

where the

craft does its real work.

The

true privilege con-

ferred
as

upon children by the possession of such books these on various special occupations is a chance
and beauty.
Before this they have merely
it

to obtain, first-hand, individual standards of perfection

accepted the

home

as

stood, with

no thought

of

what was choice

or otherwise.

Since taste and design are merely implied, or

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indirectly

25

included in the several volumes,

latter should

save

''Home Decoration/' the

others.

be used as
not possible
It

a supplementary reference in connection with the

As has already been

said, it is

or advisable to systematically teach good taste.

will

be better and more effective to just include taste

in the several activities the child undertakes.

When

the

girl

begins to

make

things for herseK, help her

to select materials which are appropriate in every

way.

Have her
first

seek materials for the purpose.

Have her
take the

choose decoration

and color rather than

handy suggestion or copy the plans She would do well to experiment inof another. dependently. The girl should create her own room

down
self,

to the last detail, not

make everything
arrangement,
its

hercolor

but plan
if

it,

plan

its

(tone)
articles

possible,
like

and make those small decorative

runners,
curtains,
etc.

pillows,

But

before beginning such a comprehensive experiment

in decoration

have her look about a

bit

and note

the conditions imposed.

size

The

light

and exposure,
stubborn

of the

room, furniture which must be used,

of

treatment
factors,

hangings

these

are

all

but they respond to gradual treatment.

in reality.

Then the room is hers

toward taste
is

The

boy's attitude
cares less than

totally different.

He

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girl for

the
is

the charm of tone and arrangement; he

quite wiUing to despise the niceties of decoration.

He must

approach the question obHquely through

phase of design most of

interest in the eflSciency of a given effort; he appreciates the utility

all.

The
and
it is

boy

will

come

to see gradually that his pets

chickens should be decently housed, and that

good business to do
to impose

so.

He

should not be allowed

upon

his

own

family or their neighbors a

slovenly yard or garden.

tools

He

will find

that those

work best which are sharp and clean and always

His
final lesson in

in place.

design grows out of

association with his mates.

When

he begins to go

to parties, to enter the social world in a small way,

new body

of conventions in taste

appear and he
if

must be taught to appreciate them

well liked.

he would be

But the real training in design arises the playthings, toys and from manual work utensils the boy makes for use. They need not be

beautiful nor
struction.

is

there excuse for clumsiness in con-

One cannot expect even the mature

child to take

much

interest in design in the abstract,

but when he meets the subject on a common-sense

basis, as a part of

even taste in

some personal problem, design color and form acquires definite

standing in his esteem.

It has earned the right.

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27

Hence a liberal contact with youthful amusements and occupations encourages both boy and girl to build ideals of working, and among these ideals usually taste is bound to appear in some guise unbidden. The book on design or decoration is

but a reference, an inspiration, a stimulant, never

a text of instruction.

The

ability to

choose, to
is

secure appropriate, beautiful,

accurate results,

largely a by-product of judicious reading

combined

with persistent

effort.

It remains for the parent

it

to skim off this by-product as

appears and infuse

little of it

into each problem the child presents

for inspection.

CHAPTER

III

THE REAL GIRL

What

Is the Ideal
it

Home?

STRANGE

as

may

seem, most of the plans

for industrial training, the majority of school

courses of study, and probably seventy -five

per cent, of the books on the crafts and arts have

been devised for the use of boys.

Now

there are
girls

hosts of girls in this world, probably as

as boys,

many

and these

girls are just as

keen, intelligent,

ambitious and curious about things and

how

to

make them, as are boys. In very early childhood when both boys and girls have the same interests, But similar books of amusement are used by both.
as girls develop the feminine point of view

and need

the stimulus of suggestion and aid in creative work,

the Uterature for

them seems meagre; they have somehow been passed by save for a manual now and
then on cooking or sewing,
questioning and eagerness.
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left as

a sop to their
affairs

This state of

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more than unfortunate, for two very good reasons.
is

29

it is

fundamentally wrong

(1)

The girl up

to the age

of

twelve

or

thirteen

has

practically the

same

interests, pleasures

and play

instincts as the boy.

She

is

perhaps not so keenly alive to the charm of

like all children

mechanical things as the boy, but

regardless of sex, she seeks to be a producer.

just as

She

is

much absorbed

in pets

and growing

things,

in nature, in the current activities of her environ-

ment, and requires the same easy outlet for her play
instincts as the boy.
(2)

The

girl,

when a woman

grown, becomes the creator of the home, and too

often enters

mum
arts,

of

upon her domestic career with a miniskill or taste in the great body of household
in the aggregate, give us the material

which

comforts and homely pleasures.

she, as a girl,

Moreover, since

probably did not have the chance to

satisfy

her play desires and consequently never

is

learned to do things herself, she

at a loss to under-

stand the never ceasing, tumultuous demands of her

own children for the opportunity to experiment. To quote Gerald Lee in the ''Lost Art of Reading,"
which
is

one of the real modern books: ''The experi-

ence of being robbed of a story we are about to read,

by the good friend who cannot help comes out, is an occasional experience

telling

how

it

in the lives of

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it

older people, but

life in

sums up the main sensation

of

the career of a child.

The whole
.

a boy

may
if

be said to be a daily

almost hourly
.

existence of

struggle to escape being told things

it is

boy as yet worth mentioning, who did not wish we would stand a little
doubtful
there has ever been a
let him have it out with things. more to one side There has never been a live boy who would not throw a store-plaything away in two or three hours

for a

comparatively imperfect plaything he had

himself.
. .

made

.''

When

one goes deep enough

veneer of present-day living

one comes to agree

and

below the showy

with Mr. Lee.

is

The normal

child, especially the boy,

potentially a creator, a designer, discoverer,

we have committed the everlasting sin of showing him short cuts, smoothing away difficulties, saying
''press here.''

No

child can survive the treatment.

Father and mother have the very simple obligation

to furnish the place,

raw material (books,

for

tools, etc.),

and encouragement.
For these reasons,
if

no other, the

girl

ought to

have a permanent outlet

for her native ingenuity

and constructive and possible

skill in

such crafts and occupations

as are adapted to her strength, future responsibilities

interests.

A home

should comprise

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bare necessities and though these
;

31

other elements than food and clothes, which are

may

be expanded

and multiplied, becoming

in their preparation real

art products, they alone are deficient in interest.

Look over any

woman's

well-ordered household, note the

it

multiplicity of things
possessions,

contains which are primarily

collecting all one

and

knows
is

about them, the amount of real knowledge

prisingly small.

sur-

How much

does the embryo house-

keeper

know about

textiles, curtains, carpets,

hangall

ings, linens, brass, china, furniture?

Where do

these charming things

come from?

Many
etc.,

of the

hangings, table linen, embroidery,

products.

are
all.

They cannot be bought

its

at

simple stenciled curtain which one likes so

home The much

must

draws attention by virtue of

personal quality.
girl

To have such
create them,

things in any abundance the

this she is

and

more than

willing to do.

How may
certain
intelligent

one explain the restful atmosphere of

visited?

homes

How many housewives have

home management
vital elements in the

insight

concerning

and administration;
or sanitation?

of simple domestic chemistry

Yet these are

One never mistakes a proper household, orderly, smooth running for the showy establishment gay outside and sad inside. Even
domestic machine.

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the most untutored child unconsciously responds

to the healthy influence of selected material envi-

ronment and conditions, when these are combined

harmoniously.

There are systematic ways

of crea-

ting pleasant rooms, fine grounds, comfortable places

for living, places

imbued with the

spirit of content-

ment.

The people who produce such

and hired housekeeper.
been their
It
is

places are

seldom the professional decorator, landscape architect,

the

woman

of the family,

who, having practised some of the

disciple,

arts, or at least

has learned to

appreciate order and love beauty.

Therewith comes

an almost instinctive knowledge

to advantage.
baskets,

of

how

to use

them

One can never

sewing,

really

have beautiful
one has

pottery,

gardens, until

made them.

One

surely cannot appreciate the true

worth of clean

linen, a spotless house,

and perfect

routine anywhere so thoroughly as in one's

It naturally follows

own house.
the boy,

that

the

girl,

like

should be a producer, not a mere

personal or domestic commodities.

purchaser, of

She

may have

unlimited means, but the place w^here she lives as

a
girl

and the home she seeks to create

in adult life

will

ahvays be impersonal, detached,

it.

liotel-like,

un-

less she personally builds

She must know the

of inanimate

structure, composition,

and functions

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things; this

33

knowledge comes

easiest

and

persists

longer through use

and experience.
simple.
All

There

is

a good bit of psychology behind the sug-

gestions offered,

and the reasoning

until they

is

our ideas, our plans, and conceptions are just ideas

and nothing more

into concrete

have been worked up

There
is is

form

put to

test.

nothing

tangible about an idea.

all

But

living

real;

hence

the details which comprise living are real too

is

and mere thinking about them without action

futile.

One must

execute, arrange,

and experiment

with the raw materials of everyday use.

is

The

result

either pleasant

or otherwise;
failed,
if

if

otherwise, the
it

effort

has somehow

and one should do

is

again and learn thereby;

pleasant, one

the richer

and happier

for a bit of success,

and

is

warmed by

the presence of mere accomplishment.

This last phrase reveals the nub of the whole

question

accomplishment.
of course
is

Material surroundings

and comforts
ideal
is

go far to make one happy,

and they are the

evidence of success, but the

of people each of

home
ideal

also

composed

whom

or should be a contributor to the

The

work of the world. home contains no drones, and therefore no

discontent.

Now

the

girl

cannot plunge headfirst

into the maelstrom of domestic

management.

She

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learn her strength

must
tions

and acquire confidence, and

there are simple occupations for early years, occupa-

which train the muscles, sharpen the

vrits;

occupations which through suggestion gradually lead

to a wider

and wider

intellectual horizon,

and which,

by a cumulation of information and experience, mature both judgment and taste. These occupations form, as it were, some chapters in the unwritten grammar of culture and eflBciency whereby the girl grows in self-reliance and maturity. There are, for instance, a number of crafts which, in their dehcacy of technique and the artistic worth
of the finished product,
for girls,

are splendid occupations

of

and some few

girl
is

which

ever\' girl should

is

know.

The
it

who cannot sew

named

an object for

sympathy;

the t^^)ical feminine craft for the

reason heretofore

that

one cannot know

is

how

things should be unless one

familiar with

the process involved.

Gowns

are manufactured of

pieces of cloth cut in proper shape

and

se\\Ti

together

in some, to the male, occult fashion,

and

this

com-

plex operation only explains

itself

even to a

woman

by going through the

mistress
is

experience.

One has always

skilled

been agcustomed to think that the accomplished

also

an expert needle-woman or

worker

in textiles of

some kind.

Products of the

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personal possessions, and the

35

needle and loom have always been her intimate,

charm

of old hangings,

lace, needlecraft of all kinds, rests in

the main on

this personal quality.

Without a doubt the most

precious belongings of the

young

girl

are her

own

room with its contents of decorations and furnishing, and the garments which emphasize her inherent
feminine charm.
It
is

not only a

girl's right,

but

her duty, to maintain her place as the embodiment

of all that
is

fresh, cleanly

and

attractive.

To

this

end clothes and the various other products

needle contribute not a
little;

of the

a clean-cut, thorough
is

experience in manufacturing things for herself

the best assurance of future taste, which will spread

out

and envelop everything she touches.

It

is

much

the same with clothes and furnishings as with

is

other matters, what one makes

acteristic, appropriate,

one's own, char-

adequate, with the touch of

article is

enjoyment
sentiment,

in it; the
it is

purchased

devoid of

a makeshift and substitute.

Then by

all

means

let

the

girl

learn to sew, learn

desires,

to do for herself, to study her to find as she progresses,

of

own needs and

woman's own

craft,

ways to master the details and it is hoped, lay up a store

which
will

of just the sort of experience

enable her

to supervise the

work

of others in her behalf

when

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But sewing, valuable as it is in connection with the young girl's problems, is not
the time comes.

the only craft at hand.

In recent years craftworkers

of old

have revived a number

of these

methods

of using or

preparing textiles for decorative purposes, and some

have proven increasingly worth while

Stenciling,

in

the household.

block-printing, dyeing,
itself,

decorative darning, and even weaving

since

they have been remodeled and brought out in simple

form, offer opportunities to the wideawake
results in each case
girl.

The

may

be very beautiful, and per-

haps more in harmony with the individual taste

and scheme

of living of the particular girl

than any

materials she could buy, because they

signed and executed for a specific place.

least of all a child,

may be deFew people,

is

work just to be busy; there

girl it is

always a motive.

With the

a scarf, a belt,

collar, curtain, or sofa pillow; is it

not well worth

while

if

she can

make

these for herself or her room,

in her chosen design motif, (as rose, bird, tree, etc.)

and color
color,

.?^

It

may

be an ordinary design, peculiar

but they satisfy a personal sentiment which,

by the way, can be modified and improved as time goes on. One must needs allow children to begin
with the bizarre, distorted, seemingly unreasonable,
archaic desires they have and cross-fertihze these

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with better ones in the hope of producing a

37
fine,

wholesome, sturdy attitude of mind.

Among

the minor crafts which

may

be a source

of real pleasure

and good

taste,

two are prominent:

pottery and basketry.

possibilities,

The

technique, decorative

and functions

of the finished products

as elements in household

economy and ornament

list

place these crafts high in the

suitable for girls,

of those especially

though boys and adults do find

Pottery
is

them equally

interesting.

so closely as-

sociated with flowers

and growing

things, with the

decoration of fine rooms, with choice spots of color,

and with those receptacles and

to the household, that
it
is

utensils

which belong
to the

makes a strong appeal

feminine mind.
iles

Here

a craft which vies with text-

in age

and beauty

of design,

and possesses even

is plastic.

greater

charm

of manipulation because it

One can imagine no

Lastly, there
craft
is

finer outlet for creative effort.

the eternal, magnificent,

womanly

home-making.
home
is

When

one stops to think

that the

the one imperishable, absolute

it

social unit, the

power which creates

must take

rank with other vital forces of constructive economics.

of

Mothers' clubs and women's organizations

kinds, or, rather, the

divers

individuals

who

comprise such

societies, are continually drifting into

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difficulties,

the discussion of the worries,

and

trials

The instant household routine becomes awkward or inadequate it affects adversely each individual member of the family, and naturally the mistress who is responThere are times when the sible shoulders a burden.
which attend the household.

maid
is

leaves, or the cooking goes wrong, or the house

when one gets started for the day badly. There are times when the mnate perversity of humans and material things runs riot. One is led to believe that such untoward occasions,
cold, or just a time

since they

have been

in the past, will in all likelihood

continue to crop up to the end of time, though one

cannot find any good reason

why they

should.

There are homes unacquainted with any household

rumble or squeak, where the domestic machinery
is

always in order, and

flexible

enough to care for

sudden overloading, or absorb any reasonable shock.

In

many

such places, devoid of servants and con-

fined to a

modest income, the mistress

is

ever an

expert; the chances are that her daughters will be

equally resourceful.

Really, the only sure

way

to

bring up an adequate
resourceful wives

number

of fine, competent,
is

and home-makers

definitely for the profession.

them The girls must be made

to train

acquainted with every detail of the business which

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they will surely inherit.
in hotels

39
live

The people who would

and frankly abandon home-making themselves merely emphasize the charm of the household, because hotels have nothing in common with homes.
It

seems rather strange that a business so old

as housekeeping does not,

and never

has, applied

to its
prise.

development the laws of commercial enter-

When

the community or corporation state

it

sees the
tries to

need for workmen, foremen or directors,

educate individuals for the purpose.

The
left

supply of competent
to chance.

men and women

girl will

is

not

Whereas, womankind trusts to a very

that every

fickle fortune,

somehow

learn

to steer the domestic craft

and be conversant with

Contrast the
ranks with the
fit
.^^

methods

of preserving family ideals.

fill

far-sighted plans of business to

its

casual training the average girl undergoes to

for the future.
it

her
Is

What

is

her chance of success

reasonable to suppose that one

who has never

made a home, or even helped actively to run one made for her, can on demand '^make good?'' It is
a lasting tribute to the inherent genius
fatigable patience of the

and inde-

modern woman that she

a

has achieved so

much with

minimum

of experience.

Hence, in order to properly equip one's children

for a practically inevitable future, let the girls into

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GUIDE AND INDEX

them know
of
of

the secret of domestic planning; let

costs

and shopping, income and expenditure;

materials and uses; the care of possessions, repairs

and cleaning; try to show them that the menu

is

not a haphazard combination of ingredients and

foods, but a conscious selection of viands which will

entice the appetite, furnish proper nutrition

and

means emphasize the fact that housekeeping, like any business, can be systematized so that the hundred and one activities
accord with the season.
all

By

may succeed one another in orderly procession through the weeks and months. Wash day and housecleaning
should be absorbed into the domestic program, and

never present their grisly features to the home-

coming male, with

Recent

sufficient trouble of his

own.

issues of the

magazines have contained

much
of

discussion of the household tangle,

and most
such.

them have ended with the slogans

''back
to

''industrial

education,"

the

kitchen,''

and

Granted that girls need this training, and that schools

in time will give of the servant
is

it;

granted that the social position

a source of discussion and friction;

that the demands of modern living are exacting;

and, finally, granting the insistent prominence of

all

the other economic disturbances,

analysis,

who

is,

in the

last

to

blame

.^

Would

business

man

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think for one

41

moment

of

handing over any departIndustry in every branch

to take charge of even

ment
seeks

of his affairs to one not trained for the par-

ticular duties involved?

men and women fitted minor matters. And when

scarce the obvious policy
is

trained assistants are

to prepare other promis-

ing workers for such special places.

On

the other

hand, mothers too often prepare their daughters for

marriage, not for home-making, seemingly blind to

the fact that marriage is an inert, barren, static condition, save in the stimulating

atmosphere of a

fine

home.

How

can the servant question ever be settled

girls

by untutored
peanuts?

who

get no closer to the do-

mestic question than fudge, welsh rarebit and salted

The

school can

and does now,

in all well-

ordered communities, give a very satisfactory formal, technical training in domestic art and science.'^

There students learn to cook and sew; they learn a

good deal about food values, dietetics and simple
food chemistry, simple sanitation,
etc.

But the

management

of a real house,

system and everyday

can only be

routine, that fine sense of adjustment to the conditions as they exist

these

essentials

learned in the home itself.

*As

The efforts of the school can

the High Schools of Springfield, Newton, and Brookline, Mass; Cleveland, Ohio; Los

Angeles Cal.,
CMri:nunity.

among

others.

And

the elementary schools of practically every well-organized

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home
guidance,

largely supplement but never replace

experience and responsibility. Keeping house ought to

be a science and art rather than a game of chance.

Definite Suggestions

In the "Library of
present book
is

Work and

Play," to which the

the introductory volume, one will

find a collection of

books replete with suggestion.

But

these are not manuals, or courses to be followed

profit

from end to end, because children do not

most by such a plan.

The
It

child

is

like a

pebble

dropped into still water.

of

communicates its energy

momentum

to the surrounding fluid

and makes
In

a circular

ripple,

which in turn makes another and

is

wider ripple, until the energy

exhausted.

much
of a

the same

way

the child, landed in the midst

material world, acts upon
is never exhausted,
it

more or

less inert

with energy, which, however,

pro-

ducing the results which become more and more

extended.
ject

He

begins in the middle of a given subin all possible directions,

and works
"^

which gives
like

one the clue to how to make the most of books

these.
If

the

girl

has not already indicated a decided

preference for some recreation or play, place at hand

the books which show the possibilities open to her.

"Library of

Work and

Play."

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It

43

would be well

for

one to go over them rather

carefully first in order to

know what they

which

contain.

Let the

girl

take her leisure in searching the chapters

strikes a

and

illustrations for the suggestion

responsive chord.

Ofttimes

it will

be quite in order

to point to chapters which have a bearing on

some

personal need or desire.

At any
up.

rate, the

book or

chapters which seem to be most significant at the

time
her

should be

followed

Read over with

volume as '"Home Decoration'' or ''Housekeeping.'' Let her discuss the plans offered
such
a
in her

and try them out

own home.

Every

girl

wants and should have a dainty, inspiring, beautiful

room

of her

own, and as she grows older she also

house to match, so that she

wants the
one

rest of the

can entertain her friends with pride and confidence.

If

will

take ''Housekeeping,"
as texts,

"Home
and

Decora-

tion,"

and "Needlecraft"
first

select

from

them

those suggestions which are immediately

apt in a particular home, the girl will shortly find

herself

looking

at

home problems from

angles.

several

different

But it is desirable also that the study be taken up first in a very simple way, in order to tie it to real living and
and very important
needs.

New

curtains, pillows for the porch or den,

stenciled

scarf,

the

decorations

and menu

for

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small party, additional linen: these are some of

the problems always coming up, which

as a beginning.

may
made

be used
the
girl

And
line.

once the start

is

should have the chance to try other experiments

along the same

Read with her the chapter

on menus and marketing, or housecleaning, and

turn the house over to the daughter for a time
to

manage

absolutely.
of

There

is

nothing in the

world which children love more or which develops

them more quickly than

mutual consideration
girl

responsibility,
aflFairs

and the
gives the

household
in

real

partnership

the

domestic business.

She

may

use the ''Housekeeping'' book as a kind

of reference, to

be sought when new problems in

management fall to her share. The question of home decoration is so vital that it deserves special statement. The text* deals with
all

those details of interior furnishing and embellishindicate taste.

All of these are not
all girls

ment which

equally important, nor do they interest

to

the same extent, and in using the book one can

profit

most by the study

of those topics

which touch

the individual or particular family.

But everyskilful

where there
wall

is

the problem of furniture arrangement,

color

decorations,
Decoration.'

schemes,

and the

'Home

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use of flowers, pottery and textiles.
people,

45

Give the young

and especially the girls, an insight into how the

be treated.

interior should

Have them look up pertrestful,

inent questions in the text and then try their 'prentice

hands at creating a pleasant,

homelike house

with the furnishings at hand plus whatever they can

make or secure.

Really, the book

is

as

much a volume
is

of suggestion for the mother, to

which she can refer her

daughter, as a text for the child.

interest in taste in recent years,

There

very keen

among young people

(2)

as well as parents,

and the elements hitherto lacking

information and

have been
tunity to
is
''

(1) accessible

oppor-

try

it out.''

Offer that opportunity; a flat

just as fruitful a field for experiment as a house,

perhaps more.

The

active participation in outdoor

life,

nature-

study propaganda and the multiplication of popular

scientific

(nature)
field

literature

has

greatly
of

opened
pets,

another

to children

that

raising

gardening, etc.

Here the boy or

things.

girl will readily

if

make some

choice at an early day,

there has been

any contact with such

this kind* will

If not,

a volume of

be a real stimulant and inspiration,

as it should be, not a lesson

'Outdoor
Life.

manual.

Place the

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in a child's hands, help

him look over the conditions, available ground, cost, care, etc.; let him send for circulars and catalogues, or if possible visit some one interested in the same hobby and the
book
experiment
is

under way with

irresistible

momen-

tum.

It is a

godsend to any child to give him a

simple, direct statement of

what can be done; he

furnishes

the

steam and imagination for future

This volume and

development, and father and mother comprise the

balance wheel of the business.
the one on ''Outdoor Sports'' contain a mass of

information which touch the interests of practically

all

boys and

girls at

some time
is

in their first sixteen

years.
in

\Yhen the child

old enough to launch out

for

any personal undertaking, old enough

responsibilities,

even

minor
books

when he

or she expresses the

desire for possession

like

and money, then give them

these.

Let them soak in and digest.

the scope possible.

Encourage only those requests which are convincing,

but give them

all

Every

child will eventually select the pastimes

which are

best for her though she

may

stumble in doing so;

she will
if

make fewer

mistakes, and waste less time

she have access to books which will crystallize

and guide her ambitions.

CHAPTER
THAT BOY
finished product."

IV

" The prime spur to all industry Hall.

(effort)

was and

is

to

own and

use the

ONE

day the pedagogue, who was a learned man and addicted to study, shut himself
on devising a method
boys into men.
This master was well
the metals and sub-

upf in his library, bent

for training

versed in the sciences so that he could follow the

stars in their courses,

make

stances of the earth obey his will, and guide the

plants in their growth from seed to blossom.

Nor

was
if

this scholar lacking in

sympathy

for the arts,

they were not too

fine, for his desires all led to

systems and orderly arrangements of matter,

and

those subjects which would not succumb to analysis

he looked upon coldly.

Hence

in this

problem

of education he

made

a
of

careful survey of the history

and development

learning from the beginning

47

seeking those

ideals

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of culture

and standards

which had been approved

for the scholar, because scholars

have always been

nearby.

held in high esteem by those patrons who, being

ignorant themselves,
It

wanted scholarship

was found

in the course of his delving that the

in

sciences

had originated and developed

about

this order,

mathematics, astronomy, geology, botany,

biology, etc.

The

arts of expression

had

of course

developed as a group, but chiefly through literature

from the beginning.

of recent interest in

There seemed to be a good deal

machines and engineering, and

of course certain classes

had always

tilled

the

soil,

because one must have food; but the study of these

activities could

not lead to culture, because culture

had

alw^ays

had to do with thinking, not [manual

it

labor.

Therefore

became

clear

to

the master
all

that up to the present time, since the end of

scholarly

ambition had been

theology,
etc.),

profession

(law,

medicine,

education

must be a
do was to
pellets

very simple matter.

All one

had

to

prepare certain capsules of mathematics, grammar,

Greek and Latin, and a few, very few, odd

of science, etc.,

and at stated

intervals stimulate

the boy's mental organism with the various toxins in

rotation.
of culture,

Were

these subjects not the very basis

logical

and what would be more

than

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direct systematic presentation of the

49

fundamental

principles?

If the patient did

not respond nothing

could be done but to use more medicine, more

lessons; there could

be but one

line of treatment.

With

this question settled the

good savant

signified

his readiness to instruct

youth

in such branches as

were desirable for the educated man, and pupils

came

in

numbers

to obtain the precious learning,

for the

pedagogue was favorably known as a great

scholar.

But these

pupils

who came,

like

the

master, happened to live in or about the year 1912,

when the chief interests of the people were business, science, and engineering; when transportation and communication had become highly developed and systematized; when farming and agriculture were
almost
rested
arts,

the

whole

welfare

of

the

nation

on industry, and

utility held

high rank as

an element in culture among the people who worked.

Even when
trial

a boy of this period did not seek indus-

honors and follow in the footsteps of his father,

he must needs be interested as a citizen in so important a source of prosperity.

Hence the children

who

set out to

were alive to

become pupils of the learned teacher the business and activities of their time
willing

and surroundings, and were more than

learn

to

when the

learning led to a useful end.

But

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Of course

the scheme proposed by their mentor was such a

was better to go to school than do nothing and one must study a few
queer scheme.
it

things, but

how much more

fascinating

and worth

while to talk about birds and animals, trolley cars,

the railway, electricity, machines, and doing things

with a purpose, than to discuss impossible stories

by people who evidently knew very, very little about young people, to learn unending pages of numbers and definitions and facts, which, since one had no use for them, were speedily forgotten to make room for better material? Now these children were obedient and reverent toward learning and did the tasks assigned them by
written
their master,

but in their leisure hours they did a

good

bit of experimenting along other lines,

and

found several other studies which were not in the

master's scheme

much more

to their taste.

Animals

and pets were not only

nice, live, soft,

downy, fuzzy

ways and were so useful that one could talk about them And then if one raised numbers of them, forever. often neighbors would desire to purchase, and behold,
things to play with, but they had such queer

a business began whereby

it

was

just possible one

could
fine
if

make

a profit

now and

then.

Again,

it

was

one had even a few tools so that one could put

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day amusement.
but

51

together the toys and playthings necessary to every-

was needful to measure and calculate and scheme about materials and
it

Of course

costs,

all

this

scheming led to real purpose,

while the questions proposed

just

questions

after

all

by the teacher were and it couldn't make

much
not.

difference whether

one found the answer or

Because of their

Now
its

the usual thing happened.

reverence for traditional learning and respect for

upon the master and go through the ceremonial form of intellectual purification. But really their hearts were outside, wrapped up in the work of the world,
apostle the youths continued to attend

where they had found just the tonics which were good
for them.''

In just so far as the school and

home open ways

which ''enable the student to earn a livelihood and

to

make

life

worth living" do we see the passing

of the old type school (suggested above)

of

and

ideal

training.

Not only

are

there

comparatively

few in this world capable of receiving high polish

through the so-called culture studies, but the definition of culture
is

has changed;

now any

activity

cultural which arouses one's best efforts.

Morefor a

over, the

boy

of the present

is

on the lookout

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of instructor,

new type

one born of the new era of

industrial success, a teacher

who
it

will

unlock the
engineering

mysteries of modern nature,

science,

and

business,

and who
is

will

make

possible for the

student to find his special abilities or bent at an

early age.
It

no argument at

all

to say that the

boy

is

too young to

know what

is

best for him, that

the mature

mind

is

the only safe guide.

teacher and parent becomes a true

The adult guide only when

he uses as a basis for guidance those qualities and

instincts of childhood

which cannot be smothered

child,

or

eradicated.

The

whether boy or

girl,

knows

instinctively

some of the kinds

of information

which do not agree with him, because they possess

no significance at the time and he cannot assimilate

and fatten on them.

cannot be of great
to say, they are

The

child needs a

new and

more nutritious mental

diet.

Father and mother

direct assistance because, strange

not experts with children^ they

well,

merely know a child (their own) passably

but they can provide a most

for healthy play

effective,

indirect,

contributory stimulus through outside opportunities

and experiment which

will supple-

ment the formal

children of
all

instruction of the school.

And

ages up to the time they go to college

interest, or

need some strong outside

group of them.

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which
will serve as a finder to

53

determine the trade,

profession, or business of the future

man.

The
alike

children

who
little

enter the school, from whatall

ever grade of society or given race, are

much
and

lively

animals

that

sleep, eat

and play, though play and expression are one and the same. They do what all keep on the move, acquire muscular animals do
talk continuously,

and endeavor by every possible means to express their ideas and convey them
skill

and

precision,

to others.

This expression takes on a constructive

phase when children play at store, keeping house,

fire

engine,

and make toys

is

of

paper and cardboard,

that

and such amusement

the forerunner of

intense mechanical interest which overtakes boys

about the age of ten or eleven.^

equally positive leaning which
will
is

Girls

have an

characteristic
of

and
boys

be noted elsewhere.

Watch any group

of average parentage
list

and surroundings and make a

list

of the things they construct for themselves, for

their

own

ends.

In any such

extending over a

period of several

months

will

be found, according

to locality, such things as wagons, sleds, whistles,

kites,
*

dog houses, pigeon

of

roosts,

chicken coops,

This bias toward mechanics has already been noted by teachers and parents, but in recent

years has assumed unusual significance because of the extraordinary' development of industry.
This,

combined with the researches

modern psychology and pedagogy', has introduced a new,

a powerful motive into teaching.

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guns,
etc.,

boats,

etc.

The young
is

artisan

uses

whatever raw material he can; he

chiefly con-

cerned with the plan, and makes the best of conditions

and materials.

The

things he

makes are

always for real use, a principle held in high esteem

in all the arts.

In making these toys the boy ac-

some exceedingly valuable information and a physical skill and perfection which can only be secured at an early age. He learns about things,
quires

about raw material, about tools and utensils

to every household; he gets

common

on speaking terms with

the fundamental laws of mechanics and, more than

one would imagine, develops a real ingenuity

in

molding

material

to

his

immediate needs.
is

The

construction of a bird house or kite

in itself simple

enough, but the boy has to spend considerable

efltort

in finding out

how

to do

it,

which

is

beneficial.

Moreover, this constant struggle to get into tune

with
his

physical

environment

and

subdue

it

results in a considerable independence, confidence,

and resourcefulness, which under moderately favorable conditions will

produce a boy alert to the

full

world in which he lives and

investigation
will

of the spirit of

the

critical

attitude.

Such a boy

not lean on others for either learning or pleasure.

Actually, however, the

modern boy has not been

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encouraged along these
lines,

55

nor has he been taken

very seriously in those activities which affect him

most; hence his struggle toward any real eflSciency.

prominent

man

once said:
age I could break wild horses

"When

was

fifteen years of

to saddle or harness, and teach kicking cows to stand while

they were being milked.

in

I could fell trees

I

and drop the

tree

any direction

desired.

knew the

relative value of all

soil, grains, fruits,

native woods, appreciated the differences in

and simple minerals. I could use the draw-shove, adze axe, broad axe, cross-cut saw, sickle and cradle. I could make a figure-four trap, an axe helve, a neck yoke, axe yoke, whijffletree, clevis, and could braid an eight-strand cattle whip. We used to mend our harness on rainy days and I could make a waxend and thread it with a bristle, and use a brad-awl. I knew how to construct an ash-leach and to make soft-soap, apple butter, and pumpkin pies. I knew the process of weaving flax and wool, of making and burning brick. I knew on sight and had names for a score or more of birds, and had a good idea of the habits of squirrels, skunks, wolves, and the fishes that swam in the creeks. I knew how to cure hams, shoulders, and side-meat: to pickle beef and cover apples with straw and earth so that they would keep in safety through the most severe winter, and open up in the spring fresh and valuable. Of course my knowledge was not of a scientific order, and I could not have explained it to another, because I never knew I had it."

How many

boys or

girls

of

the present time

possess anything like this

sum

of useful knoidcdge
live?

useful for the conditions in

which they

There

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GUIDE AND INDEX

in order to

was a time when children had to learn

survive,

and now that the necessity boy and

girl

is

removed and

children are simply allowed to grow without purpose, the

inevitably lose one of the best

elements in their training unless new opportunities

are opened.
It
is

not

difficult to see

how

the boy's interest in

construction grows and expands; mere acquaintance

with boys

will furnish

the data.

At a comparatively

early stage the youthful experiments are naturally

sifted to a

few

specialties,

which assume prominence

either because of the boy's reading or the type of

locality in

which he
shift,

lives.

From time
unknown

to time his

interest

may

investigating one subject after

another, always seeking the

avocation.

The

process will probably lead in time to a

more

or

less fitting selection of

trade or profession.

How

else is the

boy

to find himself.?

After
stages of

he has passed through the preliminary

mere play and haphazard amusement the

of the mysterious, unusual

boy becomes conscious

forces of electricity; they hold even adult attention

and wonder, but the boy, being more impressionable

and confident, immediately forages

the whole subject w4th a

for information,

reads enormously, and experiments.

He

takes in
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its

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intrinsic

worth for study

purposes.

And

in a

much

shorter time than adults

would require, he has mastered the fundamental laws

and
to

is

eager to put this wonderful force to work,

things move.

make

He

has the same attitude

toward steam and gas engines, water motors, and

them with the same intensity of purpose. Here are dynamic elements which appeal to the human appreciation of "power and which may be harnessed, subdued. The idea is comparable to the
studies

ancient reverence for

fire,

water and the storm.

Since

modern

science

has organized engineering

and mechanical knowledge and simplified it, the student can have at his disposal just the books and
periodicals

needed to unlock

this

storeroom

of

mystery; these publications were written for the

purpose.
creative

But
eflFort

there are several other openings for

which appeal no
the boy and

less strongly,
girl

and

among which both

room for initiative, Every child loves
primitive
life

may
will

choose,

with complete confidence that there

ingenuity,

be ample

and

utilitarian bias.

to go camping,

and

in

common

with his elders reveals the close connection with

in general

through the pleasure de-

rived from the simplicity of

camp

life.

There

in the

woods, where conveniences are few, every device

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its

and construction counts the utmost, and

is

purpose
is

apparent.

The whole

spirit of

such hving

more

harmony with child nature and longings than the modern city home it supplies the craving for physical freedom and places the boy or girl almost
in
;

entirely
in the

on

his

own

resources.

way

of pleasure

What he obtains comes from his own efforts

The boy
especially
for mechanical

and
skill

is

correspondingly precious.

finds in

camp

just as

much chance

as elsewhere.

Temporary

furniture, utensils,
etc.,

cooking conveniences, the shelter, traps,

suggestive.

are

And
it

lastly the unconventional,

un tram-

meled outdoor
the boy as
is

life

stands in that same relation to

did to the savage (because boyhood

a primitive stage); he puts forth his strongest

climate,

endeavors to conquer the elements, the

the earth, and growing things; to provide himself

with food and shelter

in other words, to survive

as the savage sought to survive.

epic.

The

idea

is

truly

No

wonder the

child expands

and develops

under the simple responsibilities imposed, and absorbs woodcraft with such astonishing ease.

recent extraordinary growth of

The the summer camp

among

boys' schools, and the results suggested in the

writings of Ernest

Thompson

Seton, are, with the

unfolding of industrial education, two pointed ex-

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amples of the shifting view of education in the home Probably no outside agency will as well as school.
in

time become so effective for good as the Boy

is

Scouts, whose code

based on a very primitive

framework suited to boys.

to California,

During a recent

visit

and while crossing the flat prairies of Kansas, the writer saw a company of scouts at work.
It

was borne

in

organization
climate;
it

upon the observer that there was an which fitted every locality, every
creed, social order,

appealed to hoy, not

time, or adult

dogma.
at
least

One should
in

mention

athletics

in this

connection, because of the excellent physical benefit

both

activities.
is

Athletics, however, contains

an

element which

all-important

team work.
restless

And
girl

no restraint
as a

is

so

much

needed, nor so cheerfully

heeded for that matter, by the

boy and
very

community
selfish

of effort.

The

elimination of a
is

purely

personal point of view

difficult

to bring about with the best of children, because

they are wrapped up in their

ing serves to introduce

own

affairs,

and noth-

them

to the rights of others

and the value

of

concerted action for a

common

good so well as sport.

The kind

does not matter.

Any

well-conducted, clean enjoyment of this kind

develops that mental pliability and wilHngness to

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is

take a part which

a fundamental of citizenship.

Incidentally leaders arise, and the beginnings of

organization dawn.

It

is

a great day

boy learns his first code of signals in There is one more side (at least) to the boy and
girl

when the the ball team

nothing short

business

earning money.

It

is

of marvelous that this

desire for personal income,

seriously.

however small, has not been taken

Why
entire

do children want to earn money?

reason in the world, independence.
existence from the earliest age

For the best

Man's

down

to the twentieth
it

century has been one long struggle toward

tow^ard survival.
First he

had to combat the

materials,

ele-

ments and animals, then

of

his fellows, for possession

food, lands, water,

raw

and wives.

When
ities

he found that possession of certain commodhis

added to

importance and therefore comespecially to his privilege, he

fort

and

safety,

and

sought w^ealth and

girl

its

freedom.

Now

the boy and

follow stages in development toward similar

independence, and
sired
is

that
it,

they earn

among the privileges most deIf of money or possessions of value. the amount represents so much work
coins a fixed worth which cannot be

and gives the

for

established in other fashion.

Moreover,
is

this desire

income

(rather

than money)

one charac-

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the child between the ages of thirteen

years.

and

His power of reasoning and organization are developing rapidly, and it is the
jBfteen

when adult ideals and actions first look The time is ever ripe for launching attractive. the boy or girl into any avocation which holds their
time
fancy,

that they

may

forget

their

tendencies to laziness, stubbornness,

own oblique wayward action,

and

selfishness; these

are

all

characteristic of the

stage.

Sex changes too play no inconsiderable part,

all

because the boy's companions are for a time

masculine.

Business of some kind

if

is

just

what

he needs, and

that business

is

profitable, a powerful

motive
is

is

supplied.

Perhaps the keenest interest

that in nature, and most children at some time

have desired pets

song birds.
tion

chickens, rabbits, pigeons, dogs,

is

There

scarcely a

town or

city condi-

where some animal hobby cannot be pursued

without disturbing others' peace of mind.

But

it

should be looked into seriously as a business, a

miniature

counterpart

of

other

like

enterprises.

The

disposal of personal service

and products to

others brings the child in close contact with numbers

of adults
tions.

and adult standards and business connecIt fosters responsibility and places upon the
burden of proof, to show that he
is

child the

entitled

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to a place as a valuable
just here
it

member
it

of society.
if

And

may

be well to say, even

the child does

not need the money he earns,

will

be the most
it

precious he will ever own, because since

came

through

effort, it will

be spent with due caution.

The

vegetable and flower garden

may

be made to

yield similar returns

salable.

and such products are always

every
house,

In
is

addition,

every

yard,

every farm

in constant
alert

need of repairs, changes

and care which the

boy or

girl

can furnish.

The development
parallels the

of such

odd tasks into a business

of every large enterprise

development
in a

which began
of personal

modest way.

It fosters the best

restless,

and

civic ideals,

and tames the

self-conscious
profitable

energy of youth into smooth and

channels through which to journey in

peace to a sane maturity.

Is it

any wonder that education

5^

is

so ineffective

at times.

In the light of present-day appreciation

of physiology

and psychology

it is

increasingly clear

that education has furnished an impersonal, rather

stilted

system of stufiing along restricted

lines for

a warm-hearted, all-inquisitive, nature-loving hu-

man animal which

ished thereby,

automatically refuses to be nour-

and forages elsewhere.

Although

the child's judgment can by no means be followed

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is

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best for him, his instincts and

possible future will serve as a

most

excellent guide.

His early training must take into account those

interests

which are most keen and lasting and use them as the framework for instruction, and all
subsequent stages of training involve a distinct

obligation to build

upon

this

elementary foundation,

with a view to social worth.

Most
is

children will

have to earn a living (the

girl

usually helps

by man-

aging the home), and this necessity

preeminent.

But whether
do
is

rich or otherwise, the ideal of social

all.

worth remains for

in play

And

the least the

home can
mature

to nurse childhood's efforts and experiments

and occupation which lead

finally to

judgment and conceptions.

How

to

Use Books with Boys

Boys probably obtain more help from books than girls do because they are more self-reliant, more
assertive

and impatient.

And

as has been indicated,

for boys,

more books have been written

same general method
of use
is

but the
to both.

common

The boy too

reads
it

finds in the

book

of crafts, mechanics,

science, or sport a stimulant

and

incentive.

lie

much

as he

No

matter what his

would a story of adventure. greatest enjoyments may be,

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the perusal of accounts of others' juvenile activities

widens the productive horizon in a

ignored,
all

way not

to be
of

and

for this reason

''How to Do'' books

life,

kinds are a serious element in the boy's

is

at a

time when he

less

concerned with what to do

than with how to produce something.

a danger in this catholicity of interest:

But there
it

is

may

be-

come

dilletantism.

The boy may merely

after another,

potter or

more because he cannot supply the need for more and more information, than because he does not care. Hence it is worth while from time to time to add more fuel to the
fuss with one

hobby

flame of ambition in a given direction, to provide

books and
the

tools,

a working place or shop, and open

some stated direction. Specifically, books like those on ''Mechanics, Indoors and Out," "Electricity," and "Carpentry,"
for progress in

way

and parts

of

"Outdoor Work" may be considered

as of one type.

When

he receives the books the

boy

will

spend days in absorbing their contents,

maybe dreaming a bit over the possibilities in view, and finally, by a process which will always be unintelligible to

the adult, will light upon a problem

or group of

them that meets

his

wishes, as the
is

kite for instance; all he needs

from then on

hu-

man sympathy

with the, to him, important under-

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and he

will gallop

through

all

phases of the

kite construction

and

devices, aeroplanes, propellers,

forms of motive power, probably bringing up short

at the steam or gasoline engine, which opens another

chapter.

The

really important item connected with

is

the use of such books

to keep the

young mechanic

on one thing at a time.

tioning

bit of judicious ques-

now and
his

then, always aimed at a group of

related problems
will

keep

upon which he may be engaged, mind working connectedly. His

effect.

efforts will

then be cumulative in

Visits

to the aero park, the museums, to the shops and

technical schools,

and to the

local

power plants are

In

other distinct aids which should be invoked to sup-

plement and emphasize reading and experiment.

some

of the cities

model

kite

and aeroplane contests

are held at regular intervals, and these put boys on

their mettle to succeed.

In fact the proper

is

way

to use books of this kind

to

let

the hoy use them; let

him begin in the middle of the book and work outward or at the end and go backward, but see that
he has books which present the subject vividly,
simply.

Provide him with the essential tools and

About the surest way to make a success with boys Is to let them have a room or corner of their own where they can work
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to their hearts' content, where they can store their

precious belongings, and where companions

may come

and talk over

alone.

things.

Really the book

is

inadequate

Unless one provide the opening for action,

books but aggravate and excite the mind, mockingly

Hence with the book goes a tacit obligation to provide means and place, even the most modest, for putting the book to test.
spur the student on to ''do."

There

is

yet another phase to this use of books,

will usually

and

it is

one w^hich the boy

It
is

meet,

if

the

texts are adequate.

this:

whatever the young

a fallacy to suppose

student does best will be the result of real desire,

real personal enthusiasm.

It

is

that the boy interested in tools should always put

up

shelves,

mend

the door, or

fix

the fence.

He
if

will

execute these tasks cheerfully, but they are not the

subject of his dreams.
desire be to earn
of his

On

the other hand,

the

money, to have a small business

own, fences and shelves and plant stands may be

the most interesting things in the world to him, be-

Hence the printed book is no teacher or trainer of children, no direct guide

cause they are means, not ends.
to future vocation, but
tion, the
is

the very essence of inspira-

foundation from which the young secures

nourishment for day dreams and ambitions, out of

which he patiently weaves the rich fabric of experience.

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A HOUSE AND LOT

ESPECIALLY
in

THE LOT

THE
now

past decade has witnessed a movement,

just

now

unique

the

taking aggressive shape, which

interest

is

outdoors, nature

study, farming,

summer homes,
hfe.

sport,

and what

is

termed the simple

It

is

with the greatest promise of

movement filled any among the host

a
of a franti-

claiming attention, and bids fair to soothe the

tired nerves

and over-stimulated minds

men, who once thought
if

cally industrial age.

ticularly the

Busy men and women,

par-

their affairs

would become hopelessly muddled

at the desk each and every day,

they were not

now

indulge in sport,

farming

or

gardening,

and

horticulture.

They

have become convinced of the benefits of fresh air and consequent health, and have a calmer, more
serene outlook on
''quite proper''
life

as a whole.
^^

It has

become

now

to live in the

country," even

though the country

is

represented by a lot 40 x 100,

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one

may have
up

a garden which produces wonders

lot.

even on such a
desire to fix

Indirectly,

people get the

their homesteads, to plant hedges

and

vines, to

have window boxes and put on a kind

which develops into conscious

of apologetic style

pride ultimately.

One cannot play with such an avocation long w^ithout learning a bit more about
chickens or pets as a

nature in general, and without any conscious resolution drifts into keeping

kind of pleasurable refuge from mundane things.

All this activity
is

much more than

a fad;

it

points

to a recurrence of the primitive instinct to always

bridge the ever-widening gaps betw^een nature and the human,

himself.

who

is

merely an extra-developed animal

always
possess
in

Children

marked
for grow-

degree a love for outdoors, for animal

life,

ing things, and fight hard during the early years

to satisfy the desire.
results at

When

they cannot achieve

is

home, the surplus energy

worked

off

by harrowing the neighbors. Steam will do a great deal of work when under control, but if one allows steam to accumulate it must get off sooner or later, and children are under steam always.

The

adult,

when he becomes a
all

city dweller, takes

his nature study in stiff two-w^eeks' doses, fishing or

shooting, plus

the modern gastronomic tidbits

This and Other lUustrations of

People

Homes in This Chapter, Show such Make when they Care about Appearances

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he can carry, and accumulates a
fables
fine

6d

crop of scientific
rest,

and sunburn.

This

is

not real

not even
it
is

the best acquaintance with nature; rather

sort of primitive spree, inherited in garbled

form
truly

from tradition as a seasonal

fine side to the

necessity.

The

nature

movement
best,

lies in its

influence
for

on everyday

living

through a sound regard

what nature can do at her

able satisfaction to
into

and the resultant

It
is

modification of taste in general.

a question-

make a whirlwind campaign

for

nature's

midst

few

short

weeks,

comfortably

supported
in

urban conveniences
possibility of

by the consciousness of the end, when there is the

Nature
is

bringing nature to our very doors,

almost to the hearthstone.

complacent

and excellent company when

come.

offered a suitable wel-

The

ideal

home
There

is

ideal throughout

outside as
between

well as in.

is

no

vital difference

the kind of pride which demands clean linen and

that which craves beautiful lawns (to be used however), beautiful flowers (also to be enjoyed), trees

and porches
which

for shade

and

rest.

The kind
is

of nature

too which really rests and enthuses one

the kind
in the

may

be enjoyed for twelve months

year; in other words, gardens, grounds, and trees

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locality,
all

which belong to the climate, to the

being hardy,

and,

commend

themselves at

seasons.

But nature is no designer. The landscape gardener and the amateur must, by their united eflForts, brmg an artistic plan to bear upon nature's oflFerings, using her trees and flowers and the contour of the
ground, and create an environment which pleases.

The

result should not only be fine of itself,

but

should furnish a proper and rich background for

the house which
is

the centre.

There are

in existence

numerous

periodicals

devoted to country hving,

farming, gardening, animals, sports, and the special

suburban problem, and also a

library"

verj^

distinguished

dealing with similar types.

These have a

surprisingly wide circulation, probably because they

are as a class guiding the public taste in such matters

instead of following
short

it.

This literature has in a few

years

uncovered a new public interest in

matters alhed to nature, notably in

home architecture

and surroundings, and there

style.

is

distinct evidence at

the present time of improvement in architectural

Domestic buildings are more appropriate

in material

and design than ever

before,

and are
Formerly

such as seem to be in tune with the somewhat informal suburban or village surroundings.
architectural style

was imported from abroad, and

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it

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came a

certain few

odd fragments

of land-

scape gardening,

full of patterns, floral

arabesques

and geometric arrangements, imitation Renaissance,

urns and alert iron dogs
to guard the dooryard.

One can
stiff,

still

find houses with ugly

mansard

roofs,

forbidding doorways, and gloomy windows,

hill,

the whole perched high on a

or at least elevated

above the

street, suggesting
artificial.

in every feature

the

barrenness of the

It

is

art at its worst.

The

effort

Was

further emphasized

by the con-

sistent designers

through formal, wax-like landscape

accessories, tender

budding plants, cast-iron benches

and garden ornaments, which must surely be blood

kin to the modern steam radiator and art cook
stove.
it

There was nothing human about such a place:

always suggested the hereafter.

But the new,

and sub-

healthy, public interests in outdoors, in a joyous

life,

have banished those

artificial shells
is

stituted a type of dwelling which

living.

planned for

And

the outside aspect of the house gives

it

one the impression that

belongs to that particular

purposes.

spot, for those people for

all

home

Of course

houses are not so successful, but one finds a good

It

many nowadays.

was bound to come, because

when people began

to study nature, to live closer

to their flowers and animals, to

want green lawns

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hills,

and pleasant

they soon sought a type of shelter

which would nestle close to the ground and look

hospitable and inviting.
are

Architecture and gardening

more
it is

closely related

than one would

first

imagine,

and

questionable whether one can deal success-

fully with

one and ignore the other.

In previous chapters the discussion of children

and

their training has touched lightly

upon

certain

points which

may

well be elaborated a bit here.

Most

of the child's

waking hours would virtually

is

be spent out of doors; no house

large enough.
activi-

And
ties

it

was urged that these intense outside

foci for

would be excellent

most

profitable study.

No

yard, however restricted, is^too small to accom-

modate some hobby which will absorb the child's energy and aid in generating constructive skill and
judgment.

The matter
used.
of

of pocket

money

is

also

very important and

becomes a powerful motive

when properly
mature point
should learn

But

there

is

another and more

view concerning the home as a

Every child

whole, which should not be discarded.

to so respect

and value
will

his

own personal

property and affairs that he will respect those of others

neighbors for instance.
his

He

not do this unless

seriously,

own

efforts

and experiments are taken

or unless his

home grounds and

living are

main-

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tained at top condition, or unless he grows to ap-

beautiful

physical

environment.

The

lawn, the garden, poultry house and stable ought

to be in perfect trim all the time.
It
is

better taste

to have

them

so,

and

it

is

good business.

One

cannot succeed with raising pets or animals in unsanitary quarters, or inadequate shelter.
It will

not be

difficult to

develop proper ideas of taste and

if

charm

in the

grounds about the house

one begins

with the boy's and girFs

own

business and steers

Ragged grounds, unkempt lawns, weeds, littered porches and hopeless,

that to a decent working basis.
tired-looking flowers
of neglect

all persistent

manifestations

leave on the youthful mind ineradicable

any kind of work mere drudgery, and most children in
girls

impressions which undermine good taste.

Most boys and

which
is

dislike

these days shy at

work

for ends other

than their

own, because they have found that they can have

privileges

and amusements without

responsibility or

other

return to their parents.

The

solution

lies

in the restoration to the

boy

of a feeling of personal

responsibility
sister

and

pride, restoring to

him and

his

the rights of ownership to things and privi-

leges earned,

and make the children something other

than social puppets.

Make

their youthful occupa-

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tions count.

Among

those occupations one finds a

number which

are equally fascinating to both chil-

dren and adults.

Probably no accessory to the home

It adds so

is

more

to be

valued than the garden, especially the flower garden.

much

of color

and variety to the whole

scheme, and helps to bring the house into intimate

relation with the grounds.

The

finest

gardening has

probably been due to feminine influence, and every

girl

can draw from practical experience with grow-

ing things a delicacy of taste and wealth of knowl-

edge to apply to ends peculiarly her own.

The

latent intuitive feminine outlook often remains un-

developed in these days, and no craft will preserve

and stimulate
reaction just

it

more than gardening.

There

is

now

against the formal flower beds of

tender plants, a patch of exotic color dotting otherwise irreproachable lawns, though the
like to
florist

would
is

keep such arrangements in fashion, for he

artist.

seldom a true

But

better standards of Hving,

a fresher study of nature, a more personal, intimate

architecture,

have brought into them many

of the

old garden ideals where the garden belonged to the

mistress of the nouse and showed

it.

The garden

has a most significant history.

It has always been

a centre of family

life,

and among the Romans was

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element about which the household

visited,

volved.

Here the family rested and

worked
it,

and played.
living

The

dwelling was built around

its

with

rooms which opened on

walks and foun-

tains, bringing the family together in the

most

in-

timate way.

The early Dutch and English

colonists

brought to America a similar taste for this soothing

adjunct to the

home and

early put into effect such

garden plans as their limited resources permitted.

And always it has been munity who have kept

sistent belief in its

the women-folk of the comthe garden alive with per-

harmonizing influence on the

family.
first

Not

infrequently the children learned their

in business, in ownership

lessons

and

in re-

sponsibility, there.

Gardening

is

one of the oldest

and simplest of
in seeking a

crafts

and may not be overlooked

fruits

pathway for youthful energy. Perhaps the boy or girl would rather grow
all

or berries, vegetables, raise pigeons, keep bees

one and

are equally good.

This

is

the essential

fact: every

boy and

girl

should come into direct and

some of the important natural Growing things have to be phenomena and life. cared for, they must have food, water and protection. One cannot play with them when one feels The oblilike it; they need attention every day.
positive contact with

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GUIDE AND INDEX

is

gation

a pleasant one, but nevertheless

it is

an

obligation

and gives a much needed lesson

the home,

in a

way that sticks. Any occupation around

profit of individual

if

it

be one

which ministers either to the pleasure, comfort or

members,

is

quite likely to knit

It keeps
of

that family into a more compact group.

the children more at home.
service

The interchange
relief

and advice which brings into

the

interdependence of the individuals stimulates this

one of the important characteristics of domestic

society.

There has been an indication

It

in recent

years to lay upon the schools the entire training for

manhood and womanhood.

manners and
ethics,

is

expected to teach

to give the proper kind of

academic information, to formulate character, to

even teach "nature."
It
is

impossible to do this.
of

The

finest

character,

habits

study,

executive

ability,

and the

social attitude
if

must be started and

nursed to strength,

not to maturity, at home.

Five hours each day under incomplete authority

can accomplish

little

else

than formal instruction.

technical

Even the beginnings

hobbies

of

and

scientific

training have their roots deep in these childish

which

originate

and

flourish

at

home,

where a deep obligation

rests

upon parents to make

c
.2 'J

O O

o
en

C/.

'S

t*5

Two More

Illustrations

which w ill Suggest Plans

for the

Future

GUIDE AND INDEX

the most of this early time.
It
is

77

a lead the school

can follow, but never originate.

resents the

The

school rep-

average

educational ideal of

a given

community, and when schools are

guish and give indifferent service,

inefficient, lan-

it is

an excellent
Therefore,

index of the local culture standard.

when parents develop

enthusiasms and

to

their highest pitch the

when they foster family life and enrich it so that every member, particularly the younger ones, become active participants, and feel that they too have work to conabilities of childhood,

tribute to the general weKare, then

will
its

and then only

the school by force of pubHc sentiment revise

standards.

own

For reasons such as these every home should be a kind of unofficial training school, in which the
courses are mostly elective.

Some outdoor hobbies

which the children

should

will

enjoy should be maintained,

and, on however small a scale, the house and grounds

be planned with this in view.

girl will

The

city

boy and

have somewhat limited choice, but even there one can enjoy several hobbies, even in a flat. One can at least grow things, for there are
few corners, even in a
will

city, so

dark that some plants

not

flourish.

CHAPTER

VI

VACATIONS, ATHLETICS, SCOUTING, CAMPING,

PHOTOGRAPHY

THE
is

boy

of to-day

is

at a real disadvantage in

Lis struggle for health

and happiness.

He

always a primitive at heart, surging in

the direction of direct physical expression, showing

almost on the surface the simplicity of savage

stincts, to live close to the earth,

in-

be outdoors, perhunt,
life.

form feats of strength and

skill,

fish,

camp
a

and play at doing the

succeeding

essential acts of

Through

generations

society

has

perfected

veneer of convention which glosses over the crudities of

childish abandon,

and as they

(children)

grow, the polish becomes thicker and more lasting,

even so as to make the individual a "ready-to-wear''

being.

But at

intervals,

even

in adults,

one finds

the periodic plunge into

camp and
is

field.

That

vacations do not always supply the benefit which

doctors would, but cannot,
rather the fault of

brevity than of the outings themselves.

78

Boys can,

^x^

Every Child, and

especially the Boy,

This kind has

much

to

Needs Aetive Outdoor Exercise. recommend it

Organized Play (Woodcrai't; uruJer Kriiest Thompson .^cton

GUIDE AND INDEX

79

as a rule, enjoy vacations without responsibilities,

they can have ample scope for the close acquaintanceship with the simplicities of outdoor living.

One
It
is

of the first true signs of

summer

is

the tents and

crude shelters in backyards of our suburban villages.

the nearest approach to a normal, sane existence

the child can make.

No

proper child omits to play

''Indian" or ''hunter" in his early years, and no

youth ever quite outgrows the keen pleasure of

sleeping in the open,
of the night.

companioned by the sighing

of the writer, of California,
last

One recent experience camping among the giant redwoods

where one could before going to sleep have a

drift to unconsciousness to

look at the stars framed by the wondrous trees, and

water music in the gorge

way down
It
is

below, was a time never to be forgotten.

such experiences as these in the open which

both keep and restore one's mental balance; they

breed cheerfulness and optimism, develop friendships.

And

the boy

is

not so very particular about

is

the place, provided there

water and woods, some

companions, and things to do.

He

loves to

swim

and should

learn.

He wants

to be of

some account

and have a part in the camp, learn how to make camp, protect things, prepare for weather, engineer
the routine of

camp

life.

Probably no institution

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GUIDE AND INDEX

formal
educational
institutions
is

outside
to have

likely

more

vital influence

on boys

of the future

than the Boy Scouts, already mentioned, a marvelous

scheme to organize

this play spirit.

It takes hold of
life,

the most primitive instincts in child

develops

them

to the highest pitch of eflSciency,

and turns

the enormous energy generated thereby into useful

channels by the simplest of devices

service.
is

But

be

it

noted, service for which the need

perfectly

plain.

The boy

gets the finest of physical training

imaginable and readily cultivates moral virtues which

have been the despair

of teachers

and parents.
If

In general, the vacation cannot be more profitably

spent elsewhere than outdoors.
actually go into the woods,

a boy cannot

away from home and the restrictions which modern living must of necessity
impose, then the next best thing
is

pastime or amuse-

ment which

requires outdoors for a setting.

said for each

There

is

much to be common at
ball,

and every one

of the sports

the present time, baseball, tennis, foot-

goK, boating, riding

they are

all

good

and
girl

every healthy child will take part in one or more.

Now a book about sport can never teach

how
to

a boy or

become

skilful; it

cannot explain the mystery

of the golf stroke or pitched curve,

but

it

can and does

awaken the

spirit of trial

and

test.

It suggests that

More Woodcraft.

Has the Boy had

Experience
?

a Chance at this kind of

Even the Technical Processes

of

Photography have been Reduced to

Popular Terms

In These

Days Photography has become so Simplified can Use a Camera to Advantage

that every Child

GUIDE AND INDEX

there
is
if

81

possibly a right

way

to do things; to play

even,

one would succeed.

The book may

tell

team work and organization, for system and regular living, and observance of rules
of the necessity for

made by

others.

In other words, the book acts

through suggestion, very seldom directly; and for

the same reason that one gives children books on

mechanics, sewing, pets and gardening, that they

may

learn of the dignity

and worth

of these occu-

pations, so also does one

and games, which surely

taken in
all seriousness.

recommend books of sport are the more valuable when

It
is

through their games,

involving dependence upon the confidence in others,

that children acquire the best traits of character.

Aside from the inherent return in physical wellbeing derived from amusement in the open air

one can use this kind of medicine twelve months in

the year
of

such pastime possesses a second quality

it

no mean importance;

brings one, ofttimes un-

consciously, into

communication or hailing distance

is

at least of that nature which

so charming.

It

is

easy to see the beauties of birds and flowers and

skies, in
fall

camp; and the dynamic

loveliness of crisp
is

weather, even in a great city,

evidenced out

of doors

by the animation

of

passersby.

But one

cannot read about the beauties of beneficent nature;

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GUIDE AND INDEX

is

one must enjoy them personally, and

open.
there
is

led

on to do

so through those pastimes which take place in the

Several of these have been mentioned, and

one other: photography.

it

Photography has almost ceased to be a science;

is

a habit.

One goes

to the store, invests in a com-

fortably small parcel and a book of instructions which

says ''press here,'' and that

is

about

all.

The

fine

succeeding details are minor matters.

Whether one

merely "presses the button'' or goes the whole road

and

really

makes the

picture,

photography has come

to.be a regular accessory to sport and enjoyment.

No doubt it is evidence of human vanity, but it takes

so mild a form

and

is

the source of so

much

pleasure

that the world needs

it,

to preserve the thousand

and

one scenes and incidents which comprise the back-

ground

of

life.

INDEX

SY:\rB0L5
*

USED

Illustr^^ted A Outdoor Work B Mechaxics, Indoors and Out C C-U^PEXTRT axd Woodwork D Home Decor-\tion E Electricity G Gardextn'o H Housekeeping K Outdoor Sports M Worken'g in Metals X Xeedlecbaft

84

INDEX
Accounts
balancing charge accounts check book method credits, recording dairy accounts
debit

,^^
H

PAGE

90-91, 99

and

credit

department method of keeping housekeeping How to keep household accounts, by C.

H 92-94 H 87-100
W.
Haskins, recom-

H 98 H 97 H 96 A 242 H 90

mended
personal expense account, specimen poultry raisings See also Allowances; Income Acorns, care of seed for planting Aeronautics. <See Aea-oplanes; Balloons; Flying machines; Kites

99 92 168, 172

H H

A
C
C

48

Aeroplanes balance problem

biplane

158-185*

B B B

67-83* 169

making toy model

principle of construction Bleriot monoplane engines, types used construction principles in general controlling direction of gyroscope principle applied

making models management not difficult Maxim's aero-curve monoplane making a model
.

68-74* 173-175* 171-173* B 173 B 170-171 B 168-169 B 169 180-184*, C 67-83* B 177 B 166-167*

principle of construction motive power for toy model

180-184, C 75-83* 171-173*, 175-177 182-183, C 72, 81-83

B B

planes aspect ratio

shape of
propeller blades making for a model position on machine

B B
B
182,

167, 170

164-168

Santos

Dumont monoplane
model

B B

testing a triplane

Voisin biplane

B
85

70-72* 169-170 175-177* B 183 B 180 173-175*

86
Aeroplanes Continued why aeroplanes fly

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

163-168. 195-197

wind velocity table

wireless telegraph control a possibility See also Balloons; Flying machines; Kites

B B

198 169

Ageratum, planting sowing and blossoming time

Agricultural clubs

G
A

84

G161
519

book about

organizing A 452-454 Agricultural pests. See Insect pests Agriculture. See Dairying; Domestic Animals; Drainage; Fertilizers and Manures; Flower gardening; Forestry; Fruit gardening; Irrigation; Soils; Trees; Vegetable gardening; Vegetables Alaska sable, skunk skin A 484 Alcohol as a cleaning agent 124, 135, 359 Airships. See Aeroplanes; Balloons

Alarm
Alfred,

clocks, electric

E
.

302
16

King

story of the burned cakes Algae. See Seaweed Alligator wrench, making

M
H

276

AUow^ances

how
Alloys

to

manage

80
208 255

definition of

M
H
G
E

Almonds
food value Alternating currents. See Electric currents Althea (Rose of Sharon)
characteristics

356

Aluminum
extraction from clay
utensils

263

advantages
care of

H 202 H 206
electricity

Ammeter
construction

how

it

measures

shunt, use of

25-34* 25-29 29-30, 32-33 E 32-33

E E

Ampere, Andre Marie Ampere's rule Amusements. See Games; Sports Andirons
.

30- 32

forging how to use Andrew, Saint story of the loaves and fishes

363-370* 225

H H

32

Anemometer making

162-165*

GUIDE AND INDEX

Anemone
Japanese, characteristics

87
PAGE

G
A

333, 365

wood anemone
Angora goat book about Animals
feeding motherless animals tamed versus domesticated training fear versus kindness wild animals See also Domestic animals; Pets; also Birds, Newts, Toads, etc.

G 343 109-110 A 517

268 177 248-270 256-257 259-263

A A A

names

of animals, e. g..

Annealing copper bowl

definition of
steel

tools for Annuals (Plants) blooming after frost

M 21 M 208 M 307-309 M 11-12*

330 331 160 329 329 332 328 331 332 330 331 316, 359 G 322 E 68-71*

climbing
definition of for cut flowers: table for heavy soils: table for rocky places: table for sandy soils: table for shady places: table for sunny places: table fragrant: table
self

sowing

G G G G G G G G G G G

value of

what to plant
Annunciators, Electric Antique furniture. See Furniture

Ants development from the egg

garden pest
habits

household pests Anvil metal workers' tool Apartment houses heating by electricity how to have a play house in Apiculture. See Bees Apple distance to plant trees food value saving seeds from cider making surplus used for cider vinegar wood for canes
.

393-395 G 283 147 361

K H
E

10*

H8

125

G H

258 255 A 50

A413

59

88
Applique embroidery hoaiton lace
leather overlaid work underlaid Apricots, dried

GUIDE AND EsDEX

PAGE

198-20i X 237 83, 85* X 200 X' 201

food value
April birds

2o5

K
G

blooming plants Aprons, malang bands and strings

gathering sewing apron and work bag combined

X
.
.

X' X'

175 364 26-30 28-30 26-28* 31-33*

Aquarium
care of sick fish cost of ready-made boxes and globes feeding fish making a water-tight box stocking a self-sustaining aquarium what to keep in See also Gold fish

K K

166 163 166 160-162 164-166 161

K K K
K
E
C

Arago, Francois Jean wave theory of Ught

345

Arbor

%'itse

characteristics

54

Arbors.

See Pergola

Arbutus

Arc lamp.

gathering and conser\ing See Electric lamp

Arc
K
D D

93

Archerjpractice of Architecture adapting the plan to the purpose American city versus country homes bungalow, plan and elevation

329-331
6,

13

30.5-367

465*

dining-room plan floor plan hall plan kitchen plan li\-ing-room plan A model house pantrj' plan plan in relation to decorations and furnishings
principles of design wall areas, considering

D 9 D 8* D 9 D 10 D 9
D
.
. . .

3-33

D
B

12 12-13 4-5, 13-16

D
D

12

See

also Building;

Carpentry; Cottages; Foundations; Pergola

143-145*, 344*

Archimedian screw Armatures ammeter armature

29


GUIDE AND INDEX
Armatures
Continued

89
PAGE

dynamo armature Arrowhead (Plant)

.

9,

11-13

characteristics

G
B

366

Art
copyrighting works of art Arthur, King The King's Kitchen: story Artichoke indoor planting time See Basket making; Bead work; Block printing; Arts and Crafts. Brass work; Copper work; Embroidery; Lace making; Leather work; Metal work; Iron work; Silver work; Stenciling

426
20

H
G

233

Arum
Ash

(Plant) characteristics

G
C C

366 564 496

85*

characteristics strength of wood

Ash tray
copper work Ashes
fertilizing

M
A
.

value

433
287
196

Asparagus
insect pests Aspidistra indoor plant Assisi, Saint Francis of Association foot ball Aster
characteristics of half hardy plant

G
G

H 25 K 331
England aster

New

G G G

365 317
137

sowing and blossoming time

starting Athletics
all

G161

around

athletic

championship

best college record Olympic games, events rowing record training rules

value of Atlantic cable laying

328-329 K 336 K 372 K 383 K 11-12 5-6

E
See Barometer

65-66

Atmospheric pressure. Attic playhouse

Atwater,

W.

O.

...

H H
C B

Principles of nutrition; quotation

251 194* 156

Auger
bit
.

screw principle

August blooming plants

365

90
Australian boomerang

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

232-234*

Automobiles
gasolene consumed per mile

making frame for one and two cylinder motors making toy automobile
Aviation.

...

B 401 39G-401* C 62-66*

See Aeroplanes

Axe
selecting

K
B

96-97

Azalea indoor plant

G
B

197

Babylon
proposed irrigation works Baby's breath (Plant)
characteristics

247

G
See Cornflower

329, 365

Bachelor's buttons.

Backing enamel
definition

M
H
H H

208

Bacon
cuts

270

food value for basting meat Bacteria in soils Baden-Powell, Sir Robert Organizer of the Boy scouts

250,253 357

222

Badminton (Game) Bags

braiding
raffia

K 20 K 332 N N K
295-296* 272-273* 81*

hand bag

stenciled

Bait
fish bait
.

130-136

See also Trapping

Baked beans
food value

Baking
cake
principles

and process

thickness of food

Baking powder
composition and use how to retain strength of
Ball

H 257 H 303 H 283-284 H 276 H 301

.

267 375

Foot ball; Hand ball; Hand polo; Hat ball; Hockey; Japanese fan ball; LaCrosse; Polo; Push ball; Racquets; Roley Boley; Skittles; Squash; Tennis; Tether ball; Volley ball
Call ball;

one old cat See also Base ball; Basket ball;

K
Cricket;

Ball bearings principle of

28

GUIDE AND INDEX

Balloon vine
characteristics
. .

91
PAGE

G
B B

331

Balloons
history

making paper balloons Balsam

characteristics

161-162 369-373*

G
.

332,

539

gathering

-^

.-

sowing and blossoming time Baltimore belle, story of Baltimore oriole

as insect destroyer

A 65 G161
74-76

457
255

Bananas
food value

Band saws. See Saws Bandy (Game) Bantams

breeding and care

H K
A

332

game bantams
Bar, Horizontal

217-218 A 217

making a Bar pins

silver

pull

up bar

270*

metal work
. .

M
.
.

171-174*

Barberry
characteristics

G
A A
B B

picking
jelly, receipt

355 16-17

17, 18

Barometer
complex, how to construction of inventors of purpose of
simple,

make

how

to

make

theory of water barometer,

how

to

make

Base

ball

K
standard
.

art of playing
balls,

base hit bases bats

258-261* 231-232* B 256 B 261 B 256-257 B 256 B 257-258* 244-266*, 332-334 262-263 262 333 333 262

batsmen
left-handed
qualifications training

batting captain's duties catcher

diamond
laying out

K K K K

259 260 250 260 249-250 254-255 333 260-262*

K K K K K K K K

02
Base

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued doubtful balls, pro\iding for
ball

"fan" first baseman

gate receipts

ground rides home run

innings choice
of,

by contesting team

manager's duties methods, old and modern national game of America

nine opponent's methods, learning
.

outfielder

pitcher and pitchmg positions scores

second baseman
shoes short-stop
signals

how to organize third base training rules

team,

two-bagger umpire uniforms \'isiting teams, expenses what makes a game Basket ball rules Basket making
materials for

258 266 255 K 264 K 265 K 333 334 264 249 247-248 244 245, 332 259 257-259 246*, 247*, 251-254 245, 333 264, 333-334 256 264 256 248 249 257 250 334 245 263 264 264 334

K K

K K K

K K

K K K K K K K K K K K K K

242-243

porcupine quills for

raffia

work

A 69 250-252, 255-261*

rattan basketry reed flower baskets sweet grass baskets

243-248* 61-64* A 64

Bass
bait for Basse-taille definition

135

M
H
C

208 560

Basswood
characteristics

Basting meat Basting stitches Bath tubs

cleaning sanitation

283, 357 6*

H H H

155 217

Bathroom care and cleaning

155-156

GUIDE AND INDEX

Baths
^

93
PAGE

_'
shower baths in a summer camp
device
^

electric

"B

9^4i^-Ml

summer camp
Bats
usefulness of Batteries, Electric.

160-162

K
See Electric batteries

149

Bayberry
description of bush
dips,

making

A
C
489,

leaves for sachet

A 19 20-21 A 65

Baywood
staining

mahogany

Bead work
chains curtains cushion covers daisy chains loom, home-made
portieres

purse
stringing the beads Beam action

N 278-294* N 279-285* N 292 N 290-293 N 279-282* N 282-284* N 290-293 N 285-290* N 278

C
496
45

230

Beams, wooden
strength of materials

Bean bag
rules of

game
varieties

K
H
G

336

Beans bush beans,

experiments in growing food value

insect pests

G 297 119-122 250, 254, 255 G 288

G 42 G 297 G 117 G 36 G 234
G G G G
33,

planting seeds

depth and distance

distance of drills apart
.

eye dowTiward quantity to plant time to plant pole beans ornamental value
varieties

296 297

seeds

age for planting germination per cent germination time

soil

G
Lima beans;
String beans

34 233 G 32 119, 296

See also Bearings

anti-friction

326"*

Beck-iron

definition of

Bedbugs

208 863-364^

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GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
discovery that the same wire carries two currents

Bedell, Frederick
.

187

Bedroom
atmosphere
care of

158

morning work
night preparation personal responsibility furnishings for a girl's room furniture, designs for guest room See also Beds; Closets Bedroom electric heater Bedroom slippers. See Slippers

146-155

H 154 H 53 H 54 H
E
57-58* 367
126*

Beds bough beds camping outfits

designs
doll's bed of pasteboard, and fittings making fittings for a doll's bed making up a bed

K 65* K 64-66* D 60*, 373* H 11-12 N 50-56*

54, 149-155

spread. See Counterpane Bee balm (Flower) habits and characteristics Bee-hive. See Bees Bee-keepers Association, value of Bee stings prevention and cure

Bed

333, 347

A A

326

317-318

Beech nuts
characteristics

gathering

A A

37 38

Beef
cuts

and

their uses

H
A

food value table

268-269 252

Beef tea

making
Bees

books about brood chamber, description what goes on in buying, hints about
cost of colony

development from the egg diseases and enemies

egg-laying feeding, spring and hives
fall

278 287-336 A 518 A 302*, 303 A 304-307 A 294-297 A 288 A 393-395 A 322, 325 A 305

A
A A A

321

arranging drone and queen trap at entrance entrance to kinds

292 316* 303 297, 300-304, 325


GUIDE AND INDEX
i

95
PAGE

Continued

modern
observation hive old-fashioned

301-S04*

325,

K
A

169 300

opening
to open, and remove frames reasons for putting together supers
ventilation

how

....

where to place
hiving

A A A

315-318 A 314 A 298 A 302* A 294 290-291 313-314

honey
harvesting

making
plants which supply supply for hives uses of

honeycomb cells how bees work

A A

how

to Italian

approach the hive

.

.A

A 316 322-323 A 322 A 319 A 326 315-316 324-325 303 A 296

287-290 296-298 A 306 290-291 326-327 A 296

keeping

to begin supplies for first year life, length of locating the hives

how

A A

marketing the honey

nucleus,

A A
A

meaning

observation hives products of the hives

profit in

A
and sun

protecting from wind

169* 322-325 299-300, 334-336 A 291-292

325,

queen bee
clipping wings locating rearing testing runaway swarms, securing

shipping

smoking
success with bees: stories swarm catcher, home-made

A A A
A

316 316 331-333 A 304 A 288 A 294 314-315 328-336 310-313*

A A

swarming
reasons for

time and process to prevent

varieties

wax making
wintering

worker bees, development of

A A

A 304 307-309 A 315 A 295 A 323 319-321* 305-306

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for cleaning irons

Beeswax
Beetles

H
A

317

development from the egg extermination of pests mounting specimens Beets

boiling
.

117, 28.5, 287,

393-395 292 A 384*

.^

cooking preparation food value

insect pests

H H

planting seeds

depth and distance

quantity to plant time to plant
seed

298 293 255 G 288 G 298 G 42 G 36 G 234

age for planting germination time soil preparation transplanting, to avoid Begonias bedding plant

G 34 G 32 G 298 G
122, 298

window box plant

Bell,

G G
E

324 193
274

Alexander Graham
inventor of the telephone

Bellflower habits Bellicent

and
of

characteristics

346
21

mother

Gareth

Bellows blacksmith's metal worker's

Bells

M 216* M 12*
M
145-147*

brass work See also Electric bells

Belt buckle

copper work
designs for

M
N N
and process

M
D

88-90* 195*
350*

Belt pin

copper work
Belts

knotted

raffia

Irish crochet tooled leather, designs

273-274 335-337* 324-328*

Bench
double seat for summer house riverside selection of wood for
stationary outdoor bench See also Settees

C
C

422-424* B 158 C 409 408-409

Bench hook making

139-142*

GUIDE AND INDEX

Bench stop Bench work.
Berries

97
PAGE

C
See Carpentry; Whittling
.

1S9

food value picking seasons

H
A

St55

washing
See also names of berries,
berry; etc,
e. g.,

H
Raspberry; Strawberry; ThimbleSee Steel

8-20 A 8 295

Bessemer steel. Bethsaida

Story of the loaves and fishes Bezel setting Bicycle sprocket wheel Biennials
definition

H
B

32

152-157*, 163*. 176

327* 160 322 51*

what and how to plant Binding edges and seams

Biplane
construction
.
,

G G
B
*

making a toy model

Birch aspen leaved
bark, removing uses black or sweet birch blue or hornbeam

173-175* 68-74*

A
.

gray kinds and characteristics

red
staining mahogany color white, canoe, or paper birch

yeUow
Birds
April birds attracting the birds bath, making

558 66-67 A 67 C 557 C 559 C 558 556-559 C 557 D 230 C 557 C 557

books about crows as pets

eggs and nests, collecting enemies flight, theory of game preserve, creating houses building
location suiting the birds supports for March birds May birds

175 454-459* C 219* A 519 176 A 460 460-461, 174 B 195-197 A 464-465

K K

213-220*,

174-175 C 213 C 219 C 218 175 176

K K

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Birds Continu$d migration nesting time non-migrating protecting fruit from protection and care of

PAGE

...
A A A A A

K K K
A

175 176 176 461

song birds, attracting unlawful to cage that stay all winter

traflSc in skins

458-459 454-457 173

K K

175

training value as garden pest destroyers Bit and brace. See Carpentry and Bites of insects treatment of Bittersweet

Woodwork

Tools

280,

459-460 263-265 455-457

H
A

364 56
134

Black bass
bait for

Blacksmithing

equipment
fuel fullering,

meaning

iron used tools

See also Forge;

ing; Steel;

Forging;

Horseshoeing;

215-357 215 229 225 230-232 222, 224-226*, 228, 229 Iron work; Temper-

M M M

Welding
66 54* 11 324, 328

Blankets campers' outfit

making

for doll-bed

K N

washing woollens Bleeding heart

characteristics

335, 365

Blood root
habits and characteristics

Blindman's bufiF (Game) Block and tackle. See Pulleys Block printing on fabrics
designs and process laundering articles materials used for

K
D

343 337

99-106* D 107 D 107

Blood stains removing Blotting pads

leather, design

H
and making

360

metal corners, making making and carving hand blotter

M
C

335-338* 122-124* 125-127*

Blow pipe
metal workers' tools

M
B

12*

Blowing engines
Blue
diagonal catch and hand gear flag. See Iris

315

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Blue printing
leaves Bluebell

99
PAGE

and
. .

flowers

360-361

characteristics

G
A
13,

364

Blueberries

burning over land canning factories

picking
varieties

C 514 A 12

where found
Bluebird
insect destroyer

11,

A 13 A 13 C 514
175 341 18, 320

migration Bluets Bluing clothes Boards. See Lumber

K
G

456

H
B

Boat building

carvel ribbon built boat centre line of shaft

84-109* B 89 B 90

decks dimensions of the Mocking Bird displacement exhaust pipe

fitting

B B B

91 68*

89

up

B B

pet-cock

under water expansion chamber floor boards

block for laying and setting keelson

97-98 B 99 98-99 B 98

B
up

91

B
B B

B 76 85-87* B 86*
B
91
66, 68

knees
*'

knock down" system

launching the boat laying off the profile lettering the name materials and dimensions

134, 136-138

B 90 131-132 B 90-93*
B 95 B 93-95* B 91, 97 B 92 B 62 B 66-68* B 93 B 89* B 91-92 B 89* B 88* B 346*

motor
dimensions
installing

motor bed,

fitting

offsets, table of

patterns, buying plan and section of the Mocking Bird propeller shaft, installing section of launch sections, spacing of

sheathing
skeleton, fitting posts together steering gear

100
Boat Building stem

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

86*, 90

thwarts unloading materials varnishing the boat See also Screw propeller Boat house building covering the frame doors and \\indows foundation frame, end and side
pier, constructing

B B B

91

84-85 B 112
36-64* B 40 B 37 B 36* 37-40* 19, 76 40-42 44-45

roof
slides or

ways
and cost

B B B B

Boats
fishing boats, fitting

140

See also Boat building; Canoes and Canoeing; Launch; Screw

Propeller

Bob sled Bob white

migration planting seed birds Bo-bo and 5ie roast pig Bobolink migration

K 223* K 176 A 464 H 18 K 176

G
B
366 334*

Bog

plants

Bohnenberger's machine
Boiling

meats and fish principle and process

seasoning vegetables Boiling point of liquids
Bolsters Bolts forging Book case designs **knock down" design and construction mission style staining the wood with adjustable shelf, design and construction with glazed doors, design and construction See also Book rack Book cover limp leather design and making

H H H H H H

278 277 279 279 277

152

M
D
D

240-244*

53*, 151*, 177*,

....

...

C 351* 150-156* C 352 236, 237 350-353* 176-180*

342-345*

Book mark
copper work

M
M
and making
121*,

128*

Book rack
copper work
folding, designing

D 351* 247-249*


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Book rack
Continued
wall rack, designing

101
PAGE

and making
case;

...

347-350*,

156-151*

Book shelves. See Book Book supports copper work

Books
care of
.

Book rack

121*,

D H

351*

349

Boomerang, Australian making

Boone, Daniel
wilderness traveler

232-234*

K
N
G
G
,
.
.

51

Bootees
knitted

363-366*

Bordeaux mixture
receipt uses
121, 294 282, 288, 291

Boring. Bossing

See Drilling and Boring

up

M
K

208, 419

Botany
collecting native plants in California See also Flower gardening; Flowers

96-98

Bottles
killing bottle for insects

378-380*,

151*, 154

washing Boulder up (Game) Boulders moving on rollers

raising

H K
B B

183 345

Bow and

arrow Bowling lawn bowling

K K

18-19* 15-17* 329

366

Bowls. See Brass work; Pottery

Copper work;

Metal work;

Box

Box Box kite. See Kites Box making

design to resemble books dovetail joints

elder characteristics furniture

C 548 475-478*

drawing instrument box hinging a Hd knife and fork box

nail

box

making and carving proportions seat and chest combined simple box toilet boxes See also Copper work; Inlaying; Wood carving
pencil box,

C
Metal work;

C 397* 315-318* C 240* C 239 C 223-226* C 206-209* C 106-108* C 235 C 476* C 40* 315-318*, 235-241*
C

102

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PAGE
of

Boy Scouts

America

K K

activities

ambulance badge,
badges

qualifications for aviator badge, qualifications for

K K 27 K 28
27-36
28 28 28 43 46-49 29 29 29 29 30 30 30

19-49* 43

bee-keeper's badge, qualifications for blacksmith's badge, qualifications for bugler's badge, qualifications for

campaigning camps, routine and model programme carpenter's badge, qualifications for
clerk's badge, qualifications for

cook's badge, qualifications for

badge, qualifications for dairyman's badge, qualifications for electrician's badge, qualifications for engineer's badge, qualifications for farme-'s badge, qualifications for
cyclist's

finances fireman's badge, qualifications for first aid to animals' badge, qualifications for
first-class tests

founder of society gardener's badge, qualifications for handy man's badge, qualifications for headquarters horseman's badge, qualifications for interpreter's badge, quaUfications for laws .^ leather workers' badge, qualifications for life saver's badge, qualifications for marksman's badge, qualifications for master-at-arms badge, qualifications for membership requirements missioner's badge, qualifications for musician's badge, qualifications for oath oflBcial hand book, how to obtain
origin pathfinder's badge, quaUfications for
patrols,

forming

photographer's badge, qualifications for pioneer's badge, qualifications for piper's badge, qualifications for plumber's badge, qualifications for poultry farmer's badge, qualifications for principles of good scouting printer's badge, qualifications for purpose
salute

and

secret sign

scout craft

K K K K K K K K 30 K 41 K 31 K 31 K 24-25 K 20 K 31 K 31 K 19 K 32 K 32 K 25-27 K 33 K 38 K 33 K 33 K 22-25 K 33 K 33 K 22 K 49 K 20 K 34 K 27, 38-39 K 35 K 35 K 35 K 35 K 36 K 39 K 36 K 20 K 22 K 21, 43

K K K K


GUIDE AND INDEX
Boy Scouts
of

103
PAGE

America

Continued

scout master, qualifications and duties second-class tests sign posts for scout master signaler's badge, qualifications for seaman's badge, qualifications for stalker's badge, qualifications for starman's badge, qualifications for surveyor's badge, qualifications for swimmer's badge, qualifications for tenderfoot, class requirements troop, organization

42-43 23 43-46 36 36 37 37 38 38 22 26-27, 40-41

26,

K K K K K K K K

Boys' clubs. See Clubs Brace and bit. See Carpentry and
Bracelets
silver

Woodwork

Tools
M M M
C
174-177*

work

Bracket
brass work iron work

146-147* 393-395*

wood
corner bracket. designs

malmig
Braiding coronation braid daisy pattern

C 246* 242-244* C 245

109-111* 108-109* 107 108 296 107 107

what

it is

and how to sew

it

on

N N

fastening the ends of the braid flat braid, how to sew it on rugs and mats soutache braid stamping the design

weaving
four strands how to begin joining a new strand

on frame
six strands

Braising
xjrass

cleaning coloring blue black coloring green

N 295-296* N 296, 298*, 301 N 296-301* N 296* H 280 H 135, M 140

205 379 133 140 133-147* 145-147* 146-147* 135-136* 133-135* 143

N N N N N N

295*

composition and characteristics of tarnish, to prevent Brass work bell and bracket bracket crumb tray and scraper
finger

bowl

M M M M M

M C M M

handles to vase, making

104
Brass work

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued soldering a vase
vase
.

tea caddy

M M
M M

weighting a vase See also Copper work; Metal work Brazilian point lace Brazing metals preparation of parts and process value

144 136-140* 140-145* 143

M
N

238* 310-315 311-314 314

M
H H

Bread
baking

brown bread, food value

camp cooking
curled bread for camping food value freshening dry bread
ingredients, purpose of

kneading mixing
raising

settmg unleavened
yeast for

283 257 87-88 E 303 250, 254. 300 354 H 298-299 299 299 300 299 300 296-297

H
C

H H H H H

Bread board making

222-223*

Breakfast food food value left overs Breeding purpose and standards skill in breeding Dutch belted varieties See also Domestic animals; also names of animals, Poultry; Swine etc. Bridges building a foot bridge Brier stitch. See Feather-stitching Broilers. See Electric broilers; Poultry raising
Broiling process

H H

254 355
177 184

K K
e. g..

Horse;

70-73*

and

utensils

275-276
171-174*

Brooches
silver

work

Brooders

making Brook trout

bait

reclaiming a trout stream Broth. See Soups Brother Juniper's cooking: story

136 271-273

K K

199

Brown bread
combinations for food values

H 25 H 257

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Brushes
paint brushes stenciling brushes See also Commutators (Electricity) Brussels sprouts soil and planting Brussels stitch
. .

105
PAGE

N N
G

342 79-80*

299-300 229-231*

Buckeye
Buckles

tree characteristics

565

belt buckles, making turn buckles, forging Buckthorn for hedges

M 88-90*, 195* M 324, 330-334*

G
357

Buckwheat cakes and sausage, food value

food value

Budding plants
Buffet . design Building
.

258 254 250-253

H H

D
.

56*

base boards

C
and
sills

475
25 475 472

batter boards, posts setting

^

D
C C B
,

cheap finishings chimneys, style of

construction

boat house details house details

cornice detail flashing chimneys
interior finish details
joists,

placing

model house rollers for moving heavy weights

sills,

D
D
D

setting
their uses

walls, finishing

woods and

working drawings for

36-42* 25-32* D 29* C 472 31* B 39 3-33 B 44 26-28* C 472 C 536 21-23

See also Architectiu'e; Bird houses; Boat building; Boat house; Carpentry; Columns; Doors; Floors; Foundations; House framing; Joints; Pergola; Poultry house; Summer house; Strength of materials; Windows; Wood Buildings

wreckmg
Bulbs (Metal)
forging iron bulbs

12-13, 43

M
G
and cultivating

Bulbs (Plant)
California bulbs, collecting

bedding plants
blue flowers, Ust colors, Ust

G G

385-388" 105-179 A 94-99 171, 324 G 178 177-179

106

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

Bulbs (Plant) Continued drying and storing

easiest to
flat for,

grow making

forcing varieties insect pests outdoor planting, soil preparations planting, hints planting in lawns potting for winter, soil and drainage red flowers, list resting time to prevent plants from blossoming low transferring to light and heat

G 176 G 166 G 61* G 171 G 293 G 170 G 171 G

360,

169, 434

down

171 179 173 175 174, 175

G G G G

water bulbs
care and development when to buy

white flowers, list winter care of yellow flowers, list See also Canna; Chinese

G G G G G G
Crocus; Hyacinths; Narcissus;

168 175 167 177 139 178

lilies;

Tuhps Bulgarian drawn work

Bull in the ring (Game)

222-226* 337

K
C

Bungalow
plan and elevation Bunsen burner Burdock class and seed time
destroying
distribution of seed

465*
11*

G
A

G
of contents

278 471 273

Bureau drawers arrangement and care

dolFs playhouse in

H
;

53-54

Burgees Bur-marigold (Beggarticks) class and seed time Burned wood. See Pyrography

....

H
B

9 108

278

Burns
care of

H
.

364

Burroughs, John

Butcher knife. Butt joints Butter

love for birds See Knives

.^

A
C
.

263
251*

food value how to judge butter

Butterflies

H
A

250, 254

271

breeding
classifying a collection collecting

381-384*.

398-400 A 386 151-153


GUIDE AND INDEX
Continued Butterflies, collecting series to illustrate development

107
PAGE

time for

development from the egg

killing bottle and how to use it mounting a collection

...

395-397 A 388 A 393-395 378-380, 151*, 154 A 381-386*, 153*

net for catching Butterfly weed habits and characteristics Buttermilk cleansing properties

K K H

151*

G
A
C

348, 365

356 564

Butternut tree
characteristics
36,
5Q9,,

Buttonball tree

characteristics

Buttonholes
cutting
loops, stitch
.
^

making

tailor-made thread for

G 79 58-62* 62 62* 58* 59* 58, 62

N N N N

Buttonholing blanket stitch finishing edge Hedebo embroidery

honeycomb

stitch

knotting thread, to avoid Mount Mellick

padding

Roman

cut-work
stitch

stitch scalloping cutting out triangular buttonholing

American European

N 142* N 130, 133 N 202-206* N 144* N 131 N 143 N 130-131 N 138-142* N 139* N 139-140* N 132* N 133 N 143* N
C
4-6*

8ee also Wallachian embroidery Buttons sewing on

Buttonwood
characteristics

562

Buying.

See Marketing

C
Cabbage
bleaching heads cooking preparations family food value

growing
harvesting indoor planting
insect pests
.

G
.

126 293 G 299 H 255 123-128 G 126 G 233 125, 288

108
Cabbage
Continued
.

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
planting seed
early

depth and distance to plant

and

late crops

quantity to plant time to plant savoy variety for poor seed germination per cent time required soil requirements
storing

soil

G 42 G 124 G 86 G 234 G 301

G 233 G 32
G
C
19,

301 127

Cabinet with drawers, making with shelves and glass doors, making See also Filing cabinet; Medicine cabinet; Cabinet work. See Carpentry and Woodwork Cables, submarine

D
Tool cabinet

209-212* 176-179*

number
rates

laying the Atlantic cable in operation

65-66 E 66 E 67

Cactus
use of pitch Cahni, Dr. inventor of Telharmonium

A
E

64

293-295

Cake
baking
freshening dry cake

making
substituting lard for butter

H H

303 351

301-303 355

Calcimine
cleaning walls

H
G
A A A

122

Calendar back
whittling

18*
161

Calendula sowing and blossoming time

Calf
beef versus dairy feeding diseases fattening

feeding
raising

A A

teaching to drink training to lead watering Calfskin

for leather work California bulbs collecting and growing California poppies

121 120 121 119-122 118-126 A 119 121, 258 A 122

N
A

84

94-99

sowing and blossoming time

161

GUIDE AND INDEX

Calipers blacksmiths' tools Call ball Caloric theory of heat Calves. See Calf
.

109
PAGE
.

M
K
E A

225 338 342

441

Cambium
Camelot Cameras
kinds and cost
lenses Camp stool

H 20, 22 K 303-304 K 307

.

making

Camphor Camping
beds

for packing
.

406-408*
347, 349

blankets

bough bed

Boy

Scouts'

camp

brush leanto
clothing

cooking bread
coffee
fish

frying

game
Indian meal johnny cake
left

overs

meat, time
rice

rules utensils

vegetables drainage problem

electric lights, installation
fireplaces, building
fires

and cost

for cooking gypsy rig

K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K E K K 77-82* K 79
K K K 68, 78* K 55-56 K
78-79 68 67-69

64-66* 66 65* 46-49 69* 71-74 75-92* 87-88 87 89, 90 91 89, 90 88 88 89 90 90 86-92 82-83 89, 90 57 162-169 78-79

hunter's

fire

lighting in the rain

making
that will burn
all

night

firewood, providing for fitting up an old mill food, care of girl's work in hints for comfort
locality,

choosing mosquitoes, protection from

K 85-86 K 323-324 K 71-74 K 53-54 K 70

160-161

110
Camping
outfit

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

ovens
principles ul' selecting a leader

K K K

58-74* 80-82* 50-54 53

shower bath
site,

de\'ice

selecting sleeping bag and head shelter tents pegs, securing

pitching sod cloth

water supply device

K 54-58 K 52* K 58-60* K 60 K 61-64* K 61 K 54-55*

C

161*

Canadian pine
Candleberry Candles bayberry dips
shades,

A A

536 18-19

making from cardboard and paper

20-21 358*

Candlestick copper work pottery, designing

spiral, iron

wrought Candytuft annual

iron,

work making

M M
G

47-56* 313-315* 388-391* 380-383*

322
161

characteristics

330, 332

sowing and blossoming time

Cane rush
Canes woods used for

K
A

338

59-60

Canna
bedding plants planting bulbs planting seeds Canning and preserving
elderberries

G G
G

324
159
16

139, 159

Canoe

tilting

(Game)

Canoeing
accidents, avoiding girl's sports

Indian model canoe paddling sailing canoes

K 339 K 240-243* K 242 K 321 K 240* K 242-243 K 241-243*

G
B
322
79, 347*

Canterbury
biennial

bell

Capstan Car springs

Carafe washing Carbohydrates
effect of boiling processes

264-265*

H H

183

277


GUIDE AND INDEX
Carbohydrates Continued food composition
in vegetables proportion in diet

111
PAGE
248 250 249, 252
283, 289

H H

Carbon bisulphid
Carbon
insecticide filaments.

See Electric lamps

Incandescent

G
G
A

Carbonic acid as leaf food Carbureter Card, Leslie E.

242-243 B 95*

How

I started with hens

168-172
183-186* 338-340*

Card case making and embroidering tooled leather, design and making Card tray copper work Carpentry and Woodwork
beveling

N
D
C

355-358*

gage device for bill of material, value in making board feet, estimating
construction

147* 260 189*, 206

C C

C
making

cm*ved

rails,

curves, cutting with gouge cutting up old lumber

C C

C 503 250-257 D 183 258-260* B 75-76

doweling
dressing down lumber estimating lumber gaining-in shelves glued-up work, joining gluing
.

134 144-147, 186-190

D D
C

498-509 D 153* 134-136*

joints

140-142*, 144-146

mitre joints process

gouge work
grooves
chiseling

C
C C C
C

232-234* C 225 258-265*

207-208, 211

cutting

gouging
joint edge,
joints.

meaning

110-111* 258-260* C 186

See Joints in main alphabet

mathematics of woodwork
mortise, cutting
nails

498-509* D 154

holding power sinking outdoor carpentry panels for desk

for

B
C

46-47 208* 457-480*

door

184-187* 354-355, 55^8-530

112

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

Carpentry and Woodwork, panels original purpose of

planing

C
C
wind
146.

528-530*

133-134. 136

position for planing surface planing and taking out use of shooting board

rabbeting sand papering

shop equipment
grindstone lumber rack
nail box and cabinet tool box, making tool chest and cabinet,

making

work bench, types

spokeshave work, examples squaring up stock stock, selection and preparation systematic plan in worlang testing grain of the wood for strength truing up undercutting warping, to prevent

working face of lumber See aZ^o Building; Doors;

178 179 106* C 210-211 D 187 C 133-149* C 181-184* C 150-154* C 206-212* C 226-227* C 339-346 C 134-138* C 126*. 266*, 271* C 144-147, 185-190* D 130-133* D 138-139 C 245 136-138* 148-149, C 263-264* 135* C 186

C C C

Floors; House framing; Joints; Lumber; Polishing; Rustic furniture; Stains and staining; Strength of materials; \Miittling; Windows; Wood; Wood finishing

Carpentry and Woodwork box furniture

brackets

Problems

bread board

camp

stool

chest and box seat combination

checkerboard
clock cases coat hanger

couch

hammock

drawers, making

drawing board
foot stools

mission style handles for hatchet and

hinges, setting household utensils knife and fork box ladle linen chest

hammer

magazine rack mechanical drawing outfit medicine cabinet mitre box

475-478* 242-246* C 222* C 406-408* C 476* C 332-338* C 276-290* C 266* C 478-480* C 206-210*. 359* C 24*. 381 C 291-300* C 374-375* C 271* C 239 221-226. 272-273* C 223-226* C 272* C 377-380* 52*. 165-170* C 381-398* C 354-360* C 228-231*

C C


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Carpentry and Woodwork Morris chair
nail boxes

113
PAGE

Problems

Continued

50*, 188-193

pen and ink trays

pin tray
.

rustic furniture

sugar scoop toilet boxes

tool cases tool rack

and chest

towel rack towel roller umbrella stand mission design See also Bird house; Book case; Book rack; Building; Chairs; Desk; Doors; Floors; House framing; Inlaying, wood; Joints; Mechanical drawing; Mission furniture; Pergola; Picture frames and framing; Plant stands; Poultry house; Settees; Stains and staining; Tables; Tabourette; Toy making; Whittling; Windows; Wood; Wood carving; Wood finishing Tools Carpentry and Woodwork auger bit

208-212* 258-264* C 264* D 209-211* C 272* C 315-318*, 235-241* C 226-227*, 339-344 C 341* C 274* C 267-269* 161-165 C 375* Box making;

C C

bench hook bench stop

bit

C
.

C 194* 139-142* C 139 C 193 C 195* C196

and brace "chuck"

extension bit ratchet attachment for corners types boring tools^

braces, making cases and cabinets, centre bit
chisels,

makuig

socket and tang clamps, devices for coping saw cutting tools, construction and action

dowel bit

draw knife
drill bits

drills

dulling edges
files,

on old lumber

kind and uses

Forstner bit gimlet bit

gouge

hammers hand screw

using mallet mitre box

193-197* 193-198* C 148 226-227*, 339-346* C 193* C 207* C 201* C 20* C 169 C 194 C 216* C 196 C 193-198* B 75-76 C 204 C 196* C 194*, 196 C 258-260* C 203* C 200-201* C 224-226* C 200* C 228-231*

C C

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Carpentry and Woodwork

nail set

Tools

PAGE
Continued

stone planes
oil

pliers

quality

rack
rules

saw

horse,

making

saws screw driver screw driver bit sharpening shooting board

C C C

208* 183* 176-184* C 199* C 133 C 341* C 205 143-149* 169-175* C 199* C 195 179-184*

C C

how how

to make to use

spirit level

spokeshave
square, steel surface plate

C C C C
C
205*,

D
C C

template vise, quick action winding sticks Carpets

cleaning storing See also Rugs Carriages cleaning Carrier pigeons

189* 106* 205* 126 5* 136 264* 138* 137*

H H

128 348

.A

408 180

Carrot
planting seed quantity to plant time to plant seed age for planting germination period
soil for

G 36 G 234
G
34 233 G 301 G 301 G 301 273, 278
32,

thinning plants
varieties

wild carrot

G
carving

Carving
shelf fungi

62

See also

Wood

Case hardening
Cast-iron brazing Castors, Acme pin

M
K

308-310

M
D

312 193

Cat
characteristics

Cat (Game)

170-173 339

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Cat-stitch

115
PAGE

embroidery stitch Cat-tail characteristics

Catalpa
characteristics

N
G
G G

102*

366
367 353 456 175
395

ornamental value Catbird

insect destroyer

migration
Caterpillars collecting specimens garden pests

K
A

282, 285, 287, 290

Cauliflower cooking, preparation for

H
G G G G

growing
insect pests seed, germination per cent

time to plant Cavies

care of pets raising for pets varieties

293 299 289 233 234

183-184 A 206 183

Cedar
red
characteristics durability white, characteristics

C 541 C 494 C541

Cedar bird
migration

K
C

175

Cedar chest making

Ceiling as reflector care of decorations to correct defects of height

377-380*

H H
G G

121 121

38
132

Celery blanching
fertilizer for

food value
insect pests

planting plants planting seeds indoor planting time seed age for planting germination per cent germination period
soil for

G G

131 255 287, 290 131-132 G 302 G 233

G 34 G 233 G 32

131, 301

substitutes for, in salad

H
G

transplanting

358 302

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Celery Continued trenches for
Cellar care of cleaning walls materials for floor

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

H
and wall

131

must, preventing
racks for barrels and pans rooms and equipment
ventilation

windows
See Electric batteries Cells. Cellular kites, making

208-213 212 210 208, 210 212 213 H 210-211 208 208

H H H H

H H

91-92*
208 208 438-440 246-247 205 A 137

Cement
cellar walls

H
D

coloring for pottery columns, building

dams
engraver's receipt
floors,

C B

making

foundations boat house house pergola

lining

B 36 C 459 C
and walks

pond
floors

mixing for

...

G
A
137,

426-433 135-136

20, 32,

432,

135

Portland, origin and uses retaining walls, riverside Cement blocks

B B B

246-248 238-245
242-245 201-209* D 208 D 207* D 206 D 204 202-203

making Cement furniture

color for inlaid designs

D
making and laying making

decoration
finishing coat scratch coat,

wire forms

Cement walks

....

for,

floating operation jointing

laying out
leveling

materials
roots,
sides,

33 34 B 9-12 B 30* 19-20, 32

B B

danger from

making

tampers for
trench digging and filling Centigrade scale Centre punch. See Punch Chafing dish, electric
Chain-stitch crocheting

15 30* 31 14, 29-30, 32 B 262

B B B

113*
308*


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Continued embroidery Chains welding iron chains adding links See also Bead work; Necklace Chairs
Chain-stitch

117
PAGE

99-100*
250-253*

253

box furniture making camp stool making

dining-room, design Duxbury design hall chair, design kitchen furniture

C 476* 406-408 D 54* D 59 D 48* 196

Morris chair
designs

making See also Bench making; Settees Chalk

French chalk ^ lime composition

D 50*, 189* D 188-193*

Chamber work
Chamois gloves
washing

H 332. 360 G 216 H 146-159 H 331

N
84

Chamois skin
for leather

work

Champleve
definition

enameling
Chanterelles,

M M
on

mushrooms

208 202 A 89

Character
influence of occupations

Charcoal

how made
purifying qualities Charge accounts. See Accounts

M
M

230

242, 354

Chasing metals
definition of Chassis. See Automobiles

209

Checkerboard
designing and making
table,

C C

making

woods to use
Cheese food value Chemical elements
of food of the human

333-338* C 337* 332-333

body

H H H

254 248 247

Cherry tree
characteristics of the wild or black variety seeds, care of wood for canes

C 561 A 48 A 59

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PAGE
making a box seat combination making a linen chest See also Tool boxes and chests

Chest

C C

476*

377-380'^'

Chesterton, G. R.

keeping good health: Chestnut

quotation

H
C

244

characteristics of tree chinquapins, characteristics cultivating disease durability of the wood

562 32-33

A A

31 30

food value
grafting trees

Japanese, hardy variety

varieties weevil, pest

494 255 A 31 A 30 A 30 A 33

wood

finish

antique

fuming
Chicken house. See Poultry houses Chickens. See Poultry

D
G

489 233

Chickweed class and seed time Chimney, house cold, meaning of

fire,

278
224 234 472

extinguishing "flashing" See also Flues

characteristics

H H
C

China aster

G
G
B

329

Chinese lilies water bulbs Chinese windlass

168. 175

81

Chinquapin
characteristics weevils, pest Chip carving. See Chisel

A
Wood
carving

32-33 A 33

cape

chisel,

making

cold chisel, hardening and tempering

making what used

hot chisel

for

making what used for metal work tool

sharpening
silver

M M M 298*, M M M
M C M
C

299* 293 325* 225*

work

tool,

making

socket and tang, how to use stone chisel, forging

324* 225* 9* 179-184* 157-158* 207-208* 341-344*


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Chisel

119
"

PAGE

Continued
chisel, forging

wood

337-338

Chlorinated soda ink stain remover Chocolate food value Christmas greens
collecting

H H
A
A A

359

256

and marketing

50-57

Christmas tree
harvesting

53
51

oak trees transformed Chrysanthemiun back ground plants

characteristics time of blooming Chuck ribs

G G G
A

321 335 322 268

Cider wastefulness in making Cigar box copper decorations Cigar lighters. Electric
Circle

50

M
.
.

84*, 85

E
C

115*

how to draw Citizenship training for City water supply.

City yard

28-30*

...
See Water works
cost of a garden

449-451

making and Clamps Clams cookmg

food value
testing

23,

134-141 C 201*

washing Clap boards

for siding

H H H H

291 254 291 291

removing
Clarkia
characteristics

C 445 B 12

328, 332

Claw tool making

Clay.

353*

See Soils Clay modeling. See Pottery Cleaning delicate colors and textures
restoring color taken out by stains and spots on fabrics

an acid or

alkali

woodwork

H 332 H 361 H 358-361 H 123

See also Brass; Carpets; Curtains; Embroidery; Flues; Furnace; Furniture; House cleaning; Matting; Pictures; Rugs; Shades; Tiles; Vegetables; Walls; Vacuum cleaners

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Cleft grafting,

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PAGE
^ee Grafting

Clematis
decorative value Japanese, characteristics Clippings

G G

359 365

making envelope
Clocks
cases,

file

N
;

187-189*

making

clocks for cases, selecting electric clocks alarm clocks master clock

276-290* C 276

E
E E

operation

program clocks
self winding watchman's time detector

302 77-78 75-78 E 77 E 76 E 78*

fastening the clock into the case grandfather's clock, design and construction hall clock, design and construction

...

....
.
.

D
C C C

wood

finish

mantel clock, design and construction

mission style, design and construction pendulum clock case, design and construction pulley mechanism wall clock, design and construction See also Watches Cloisonne
definition of

...

C 282* 284-290* 193-198* D 237 282-284* 277-278* 281-282* B 310* 279-281*

enameling
Closets, Clothes

M M
H D H H

209 201

cleaning and care

53, 157

w^indow in
Closets, Toilet

12

cleaning bathroom toilet sanitary equipment and care of outdoor closets Closing the house Clothes basket for laundry Clothes-horse Clothes line, care of Clothes pins, care of Clothes poles Clothes press. See Closets, Clothes Clothing and dress art and fashions being well dressed business women's attire

155 222 II 349-351 315 318 311 315 315

H H H H H

camp

outfit

K
H

D 122 122-125 D 127 71-74

care of

importance in bureau drawers

in closets

H H

57 53-54 158


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Clothing and Dress, care of

121
PAGE

Continued

responsibility for children's attire color in decorative principles girl's equipment for outdoor sports harmony and good lines proportion of income assigned for See also Dressmaking; Sewing

K H

H 53 D 127 D 124 D 121

319-320 D 123 74, 76, 78

Clouds cumulus formation

hail clouds

B
A
A

B 365 356-357 B 366

452-454 G 3-16 451-454 E 339

Clubs
agricultural, organizing

garden club outdoor club

science club

sewing club
wireless club See also Boy Scouts of

11

E
America

331-332

Coal
bituminous, value of estimating energy in specific gravity supply decreasing See also Fire making

M
B

229 6 279 E 6

Coasting
luge-ing
,

K K
C

223 371
266*

Coat hangers making

Cocklebur
class

and seed time

Cockroaches

H H

278 362
256
255

Cocoa
food value

Cocoanuts
food value Cocoon. See Silkworms
Codfish combinations for food value food value Codling moth

H
H H

257 253
168

woodpecker enemy
Coffee

of

camp cooking
Coffee mill

K
B

87

mechanical principle of
Coffee percolator. Electric Coffee pots care of

807-308* E 113*

207

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PAGE

Coffee stains Coffee tree, Kentucky

characteristics

H
C

359

566

Cold chisel. See Chisel Coldframe changing to a hotbed

directions for

making

drilling the rows planning

soil

G 38 48-50* G 98
G 19 G 97 G 305

and location

storage for endive transplanting from

101-102

Coleus bedding plant

Collar

324
209

metal work appliance See Dressmaking; Irish Crochet Collar sUdes

Collar, dress.
silver

M
M

work

170-171*

See Insects; Plants; Seaweed; Shells Collecting. College athletics best records made in intercollegiate contests

K
A E

336
3,

College education earning

Color

due to wave length

in dress restoring to fabrics See also Floral decoration; See Horses Colts.

H
House decoration

315 124 361

Columbine
habits and characteristics

G
C

341, 364

Columns, concrete
constructing and setting for pergola

434-440*
194-196*

Combs
silver work Commutation (Electricity)

brushes
principle of

E 36 35-36
28-30

Compass
use in drawing See Fertilizers and manures Concrete. See Cement Cones. See Pine

Compost.

Conic sections
describing

B C

338*

Coniferous trees Conservation of natural resources conser\dng nature's crops See also Forestry

535-542

92-94

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Cook
duties

123
PAGE

H H

109, 112

Cook book making from books and magazines

Cookery

camp cookery
definition

emergencies freshening bread or cake

left overs, utilizing

H
H

mixtures, principles of preparation of foods for processes

purpose of sequence of work in getting a meal

soda, uses of substitutes for articles called for by receipts Sim as cook time tables warming over food. See also Baking; Boiling; Braising; Bread; Broiling; Cake; Canning and preserving; Coffee; Corn; Desserts; Diet; Eggs; Fireless cookers; Fish; Electric cooking; Food; Frying; Game; Meat; Mushrooms; Oysters; Pastry; Poultry; Rice; Roasting; Shellfish; Soups; Stewing; Tea; Traveler's cooker;

H H H H H H H 354-355 H 274 H 309-310 H 355

284 274-308 75-92* 274 354-357 353 355, 89 296-305 285-305 275-285 275 305-308 356

H H K

Coons.

Vegetables See Raccoons

21 85* 88-90*, 195* 350*

Copper work
annealing ash tray belt buckle belt pin
bill file

M
M

M M

book mark book rack

bowls
chalice

loving cup

nut set shaping

124-126* 128* 121*, D 351* 19-25* 60* 86 38*

box

for jewels

M M M M

19*

candlestick drip pan night candle holder sconce

shaping card tray cedar chest, trimmings

chalice ?5ar box decorations

M M M M M

M M M

112-115* 47-56* 48* 50-52* 52-56* 48* 355-358* 115-117* 60-63* 84,* 85

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Copper work
coloring

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

357,

202, 204, 205

comers
cutting heavy copper

desk set

draw

filing

enameling on copper
facets,
filing

how made

hammering
handles
candlestick Io\ing cup

M 34* M 117-129* M 37 D 354, 355 M 22 M 36-38*

21-23*, 29-30*, 39*

353*

making and riveting making and soldering

hat pin
soldering pin to head hat pin holder hinges ink well holder
jars

jewel box hinges

knobs on

lids

lamp. Electric lamp shade

49 87* 76-77 78-79 64-67* 348-50*, 68* 69-72* 100-106*, 112-115* 118-121* 56-60*, 82-85* 107-115* 112-115* 83 92-96*

M M M M M M M M M M

M M

framework
setting glass
letter letter
lids

M
M
D

opener rack

96-98* 98-99* D 347* 346-347*

62-63*

chalice ink well holder

jewel box rose jar

tobacco jar
lo\ing cup

match

safe

molds for nut set nut spoon

paper knife turned handle
patina, imitation

347*,

composition for

pen tray
polishing rose jar

Russian coffee pot sawing

sconce

M 120* M 111-112* M 59 M 83-84* M 86-88* M 81-82* M 27-28 M 38-40* M 39-40* M 34-38*, 126* M 127* M 202 M 204 M 118-119* M 25 M 56-60* M 63* M 35-36* M 52-56*


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Copper work
Continued serving tray sheet copper, grades

125
PAGE

smoking
soldering

set

handles hat pin

spindle

spoon for nut set

teapot stand tobacco jar
trays

ash tray

. ^

handles, making pen tray

and

riveting

romid

serving tray

smoking

set

square watch fob See also Brass work; Metal work; Silver work; Tools Copyright application items
assigning rights directions for securing duplicate certificates fees for recording issue of work, not limited

M 75-77* M 14 M 79-86* M 78-79 M 68* M 124-126* M 39-40* D 351-353* M 82-85* M 26-33*, 75-77* M 85* M 76-77 M 118* M 26-31* M 75-77* M 80-81* M 31-33*
D
353-355*
426 425 B 422-426 B 425 B 423 B 425 B 423 B 426 B 426 B 423, 424 B 425 B 425 B 424 B 426 B 424 B 425
.

B B

invahd,

when

labels paintings, statues, etc penalties for breaking laws

projected work renewals

term
trade marks
translation rights volumes and variations
.

Coral

how

coral

is

formed

G
G
A

216
334 86
322 329

Coral bells
characteristics

Coral fungi Coreopsis annual

characteristics

G G G

sowing and blossoming time

G161
142-150 A 428 G 144

Com
contest in growing corn cooking dried corn cultivation of soil

126
Corn

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued drying food value husking for cooking
husks, uses of insect pests

percentage of corn to cob points for judging planting seeds distance to plant depth to plant quantity to plant time to plant planting varieties near together
.

427-428 H 255 294 A 63 G 290 G 148

G G

147

42, 144 35, 42, 144, 235 36, 144

pollination, how plants are fertilized raising on a suburban lot

G G G
A

234 145 145 124

seed

age for planting

book about
germination per cent
selection
soil

142-144. 228,

required

G A G

stalk pith, use of

34 518 33, 233 410-412* 19, 144 A 63

Corn meal
food value cleansing property

H H

254 332

Corned beef
food value
Cornell University poultry course

H
A

252
173

Cornflower
biennial characteristics

G
G

332
159 316 161

330, 332

planting
self-sowing

Corning,

sowing and blossoming time W. 0. experiment with raising goats Coronation braid

G G G
A

116-118
108-111*

how
Cosmos

to braid

characteristics

sowing and blossoming time

Cost of living
division of

G G

332
161

income

H
home

69-86

Cottages
building and furnishing a simple cost of materials
.

366-374* D 372

Cotyledon seed nourishment

230

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Couch Cover
weaving design

127
PAGE

D
C

Couch hammock
Couching embroidery stitches Counterpane making for doll-bed Counting-out rhymes Country homes. See Cottages Country life making the country a better place to See also Camping; Gardening; Sports
Court, tennis Cover for note book tooled leather

260-262 478-480*

N 124* N 55* K 340

live in
.
.

449-512

K
D
A
lot

341

331-336 245-247 E 54 243-244 123-126 A 244

.

Cows
milking
.

by

electricity

keeping cows from one cow on a suburban testing for milk supply See also Calf; Milk Crab (Machine) Crabapple, Wild
profits in

A A

79*

butter or sauce regions found

A A

22 21

Crabs
food value cooking soft shell crabs opening and cooking hard shells
Craigin, Belle S.

H H H
A
B B

254 293 292

Amateur's experience in poultry raising Cranks (Machinery) crank motion

166-168
312* 319*

mechanism Cream. See Milk and cream

of tartar uses Credit. See Accounts

Cream

H
.

301

Creepers
insect destroyers

456

Creosote

wood preservative Cricket Crocheting abbreviations for stitches chain stitch crazy stitch
cross stitch
doll's

K N

C 494 341-343 306-319* N 300

cap

doU's hug-me-tight

N N

N N N

308*

326 318*

320-32U
321-323

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Crocheting Continued double crochet edging stitch

loop

N N N N N

308*

narrow
tiny edging fringe

hooks.

311* 313* 311* 317 306-307*

insertion stitch

cone
loop tiny insertion insertion with ribbon jacket
shell stitch

patterns
position of

hands

rainbow pattern
scarf, cross stitch

shawl, rainbow pattern

shells

single crochet stitch

slip stitch

N N N

slippers

crazy stitch
star stitch star stitch treble crochet

washing Crocus
planting in lawns planting tables

314* 312* 310* 315* 323-324* 329-332* 320-332* 307* 316-317* 318* 316-317* 310*, 329-332* 308*, 324* 308 324-329* 32G* 326-329* 324*, 326* 309* 332*

N N N

N N N N

N N

N N N N N N N
A

169, 434 177, 178

Crops
succession crops See aho Gardening

92

Croquet
golf-croquet See also Roque

K K
B

343 354
266*

Cross bow spring Cross stitch

embroidery stitches marking towels

Crosses

103-106*, 107*, 108*

N
C C

156

drawing designs
Greek, inlay design

25*, 27

322
352*

Crowbars making

M
K
steel.

Crows
as pets Crucible cast

176

See Steel

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Crum
tray and scraper brass work

129
PAGE

Crystals,

snow

135-136* B 367*

Cuckoo
insect eater

456
i55 294 233 290 303 303 234

Cucumber
food value

how

to peel indoor planting time insect pests

origin of

H H
G G G

planting seed
directions

time to plant
seed

G G

age for planting germination per cent.

tliinning plants

G 34 G 233 G 303

Cucumber vine
ornamental value Cuff links metal work Cuffs. See Dressmaking

359

192-194*

Cumulus Curling (Game)

Curling iron. Electric Curtains dry cleaning dusting
.

K
E

365 344 116*

girl's

room, furnishings

N
D H D

H H
N H

332
131

380-381

materials for stenciling stencil design

stenciling

N81

stretching

valance

washing
weaving, designs and materials See also Block printing

75* 108-117* 328 D 116 328-329 262-265

Curves drawing
Cushions.

339*

See Pillows

Cut worms
detecting and destroying toads enemies of

Cyanide bottle for Cypress

varieties

killing insects

.......
D

379*,

K K

G G

293 284 168 152

and

characteristics

C
C

540

Dado

joints

236*, 255*

r
130
DaffodU
narcissus family variety white and yellow, planting table

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
169 168 177, 178

Van Sion

G G

Dairy cow. See Cows Dairy Products

food value See also Butter; Milk Dairying

H
A

254

book about
keeping accounts sanitary milk pail

A 517 241-242 A 246*

334 278 177-179*

Daisy
characteristics of the English daisy class and seed time of ox-eyed and yellow embroidery stitches

N
H
B

G G

Dampers
in pipes and ovens principle of stoves and ranges

H 229 227-230
246-247

Dams
famous dams of concrete Dandelion class and seed time
greens

G
A

278 63
355

Daphne
characteristics

Darning
Limerick darning, lace stitches
stockings

N 234 N 9-11*

Dates
food value night cause of Debit. See Accounts

H
B

255 213

Day and

Decanter washing Decoration and ornament

H
C

183

woods

suitable for

240

See also Block printing; Carving; Embroidery; Enamel and enameling; Floral decoration; House decoration; Leather work; Metal work; Pottery; Pyrography; Stenciling; Wood carving Decoration, interior. See House decoration

Deer book about

Design.
See Architecture; Basket making; Bead work; Brass work; Copper work; Embroidery; Furniture; House decoration; Leather work; Metal work; Pottery; Silver work; StenciUng; Wood carving

518

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Desk library desk
design design and construction
.

131
PAGE

wood
Desk pad

finish

mission style writing desk, design writing desk, design

47* 184-187* 237 C 375* 50*

copper fittings, making

leather, design Desk sets

M
D

and making

122-124* 335-338*

copper

M
gouge work

pen and ink

trays,

117-129* 258-264*

Dessert combinations for food value

H
G
A

259

Deutzia
characteristics Devil*s snuff box

Dibber
Dies (Metal work)

256 87 G 47*

making
Diet
carbohydrates chemical properties giving undue concern to ideal, objection to
principles of

M
H
.

206-208

248-252, 277 249

protems
See also Food Digestion. See Diet
Digitalis

H H 244-247 H 261 H 246-263

248-252, 277

made from foxglove Dining-room

care of furniture

A 57 160-187 51, 160-171

arrangement
design
ideal

D H

61

plan in the model house work, setting and serving the table Dirigible balloons

53-57* 187 D9 160-171 B 162

Dish washing
cloths, care of

decanters and bottles

......

egg stains, removing

glasses

preparation of dishes process

.

rinsing dishes
silver
steel

knives wiping and putting away

184 183 183 180 179 179-185 182 181 184 52, 182-184

H H H H H
H H H

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Dish washing Continued without running water

Disinfectants use in plumbing Ditch drains. See Drainage Dividers (Tools) forging using in metal working

H H

178

218

M 340-341* M 5*, 24*

K K K
G
238* 320 345

Diving
girls

as divers

(Game) Dock, yellow class and seed time

Dixie's land

278

Dogs
as friends

bathing boarding dogs as a business

profits

from

breeds

farm dogs
feeding

puppies
fleas

house, working drawing of a toy house

housing punishing
raising

story of success in selecting a pet training for cattle herding for hunting for retrieving for running machinery Dog's tooth violet characteristics

187 188 A 237-238 A 239 187-188 A 106 A 238, 188 A 224 188, 189 C 42* 188 189 A 223-226 A 235-240 187-188 189-192 249-252, A 250, 251 190-192 A 250 A 255-256

K K

K K

K K K

G
C
503,

342
356 335*

Dogwood
characteristics Doilies
Irish crochet edge Doll's clothes

N
N
N N N N

cap
crocheted knitted cape, knitted hug-me-tight, crocheted jacket, knitted leggings, knitted See also Dressmaking; Sewing Doll's furniture

320-321* 362* 360* 321-323* 360-362 363*

bed

fittings

50-56*

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Continued Doll's Furniture cigar box trunk pasteboard box for bed

133
PAGE

H
A A

12

11, 12

Domestic Animals books about

raising for pets See also Cat

A 517 100-202 203-240

Cow Dog
;

Horse

Pigeon

Poultry

Sheep

Swine Domestic Economy.

See Housekeeping

Door handles metal work Door hasp

forging

M
M

406, 407, 416*

M M

338-340*

Door knockers
escutcheon plate iron metal work

410,* 412-414

410-415*

Door
Doors

pulls

metal work
batten door electric door opener
frames, setting

415*

hanging
inside trim

C 448* E 55* C 469 C 474 C 473*

C
354-355, 528-530*

paneled
saddles

C C C

474

Dough.

See Bread; Pastry

253*, 256*, 313-314*
bit.

Dovetail joints

Dowel Dowel Dowel

for weaving joints

Dowehng
Dracenas

N C D
G
A

194 297 251* 134

window box plant

Drafting. See Mechanical drawing Dragon-flies habits

193

388

Drainage
ditch buildmg
.

grading and digging

pipe, depth laid problem for garden plot "sighting" for drop and bed

level

G G

123 114 111 110-122 112-114

G G G

sloping land standing water stones for trough, setting tiles, laying types of drains wooden troughs, disadvantage of Drainage, House. See Plumbing; Refrigerator

G G

17 21

G116

G 115 G 22 G 115

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PAGE
fires

Draught of open

principle of stoves Draw knife Draw plate definition of Drawer pulls

and ranges

224 227-230 C 216*

M
M
D
C

209

metal work

417-419*

Drawing
designing a corner for stencil work designs for block printing how to enlarge or reduce a drawing outline drawing for stencil work See also Mechanical drawing

Dill

100-101* 390, B 339 112

Drawing board making Drawing instnunents making a box for making a mechanical drawing

C
outfit

24*, 381-383*

Drawnwork
all-over
.

Bulgarian weaving patterns butterfly pattern convent work daisy pattern

feather stitch filling spaces

N N N N N

frames for handkerchiefs maltese cross

Mexican
sheaf stitch soaping threads twist stitch See also Fagotting; Hardanger embroidery; Hemstitching Dress. See Clothing and dress See Bureau Dresser.

C 240* 381-398 207-226* 213-220* 222-226* 220-222* 213-216* 219* ^ 212* 219 222 213-219* 219 211* 211* 213 N 212*

N N N N

N N N N

Dressmaking
bands, cutting bias bands, cutting

box

plaits

collars

cutting fastening to waist

cuffs

cutting

sewing on sleeves
cutting from a pattern frills, cutting patterns allowing for seams

N 64 N 65 N 71 N 64 N 70 N 64 N 68 N 63-67* N 64 N 65

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Dressmaking patterns

135
PAGE
"^

Continued
.

cutting doll's skirt from cutting from drawing and cutting notches and perforations pinning material on
plaiting skirt

N
N N
N

seams, tailored
skirts

42* 63-67 j^ 41* 66 66-67* 71-72* 72

bands
basting seams cutting from a pattern

39*, 44

hemming
plackets
plaiting

and gussets

putting on the bands

sleeves cutting

gathering putting into waist putting together waists cutting cutting from pattern
joining seams

N 42 N 42, 63-64* N 36, 43 N 35-40*, 43 N 71-72* N 44 N 64 N 69* N 70* N 68* N 64 N 67* N 69

A
C
405

See also Sewing

Driftwood
Drilling

gathering and boring tools draw boring

drills for

copper and silver forging and tempering rock

forging

drills

.......

hand

drills

M M
C

415*
9*

kinds and their uses Driveways of ashes

344-349* 347-349* 193-198* G 77

Drowning method

of rescue

from

Dry

cleaning
delicate

and

light-colored articles

Duck on

a rock (Game)

K H K
A A A A

239

332 345
517 193 192 192
271 191

Ducks book about

brooders
.
.

characteristics

feeding ducklings how to select for cooking

H
A
A A

marketing
raising

ducks versus chickens story of a boy's animal cage

varieties

190-193 191-192 A 235

181

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D ucks Continued
water not essential for raising wood ducks, domesticating Duplicating machine Dusting

190-191 A 462* B 416

bedroom
floors

house cleaning process

little services

opening the house

H 53 H 125 H 145 H 51 H 352 N

D D
346-350*

Dutch

collar

Irish crochet

Dutch oven Dyeing

colors,

K
N

81

how

to obtain

hints lace

Dynamometer Dynamos
alternating current batteries replaced by construction of a simple
definition of efficiency
field

dynamo

E E
E

278-279 277-278 238 B 324* E 3-9 E 21-24 249-250 222-225*

E 19 E 5-Q
9,

11-13

generating electricity how a dynamo generates both direct and alternating ciu-rents

how used
installing

as a motor

load

magneto
illustration of use rate of vibration use for ringing telephone bells principle of a simple dynamo

E 9-10 E 222 E 45-48 E 225 E 105 E 19-24* E 21-23 E 22-23

E
287-290* 11-13* 293-295 E 34* E 34* E 7

E E

producing tones with

wound shunt wound

series

transmitters not power producers See also Armatures

E
Earth
attraction exerted

by sun and moon

and moon

B B B B

diameter
distance from sun

elements
globular form proved rotation

229-230 B 213 229-230 B 214 212-213* 213, 214

Eddy

kites

making
Edging.
See Crocheting;
Irish crochet

86*

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Edison, Thomas A. discovery of carbon filaments new storage battery

137
PAGE

E 134 262-263

Eggplant cooking preparation parasites on

planting seed indoor planting time time to plant seed, germination per cent
.

H
G G G G G G G

soil for

transplanting

294 304 304 233 234 233 304 304

Eggs
cooking, preparation for ducks' eggs fancy breed eggs food value gold fish eggs Guinea fowl, value of insect eggs judging freshness of

H
H
A A A A A

H
A A
A

marketing pheasant eggs, packing

preserving for winter use yolks in water record for laying hens
selecting for sitting hens

288 192 221 254 229 179 393 271 158 199

separating yolks from whites

stains

177-178 357 A 157 A 148 288

removing
See also Poultry

H H

183

Egyptian Pyramids
Elderberries canning, receipt picking

54-56

steam pudding, receipt Electric annunciators

.

A A A
.

16 15 16

Electric apparatus

E 68-71* construction and operation and appliances E 301-304 using electricity to aid the memory See also Armatures; Clocks; Dynamos; Telegraph; Telephone; Vacuum cleaners; and words beginning Electric Electric armatures. See Armatures
.
.
_

Electric batteries cells, positive

and negative plates

E
E E E

256, 261

dry

cells

cost increase of voltage by increased resistance structure use for lighting a summer camp
'
.
.

E 166 194-198 250-251 162-167*

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Continued Electric batteries electrolytic cells

galvanic cells depolarizing agent effect of heat on chemical action
electricity

257-260
256 254 E 251 256-257 249-250 254-256 178-203* 258-263 262-263 261-262 192-194

E
E

produced by chemical action

polarization of

replaced by dynamos simple cell, chemical action sparking apparatus for a gasolene engine storage batteries Edison battery, construction and care lead, construction and care of

....

why

they run

down

E E E E E E E E E E

Electric bells alternating current bells equipment and installation in a house

operated by induced current operated by wireless outfit operation of electric bells and buzzers transmitter in wireless telegraph Electric buzzer operation used in electric organ
Electric cars
electric heaters See also Electric railroads

E 288 296-299 350-352 E 324* E 72-75* E 321

E E

72-73* 278-279

E
E

125

Electric Electric Electric Electric

central station cigar lighter

circuit breakers

204-217*

E 115* E 78*

circuits

open and closed

Electric clocks. See Clocks Electric conductors

73

copper sulphate copper versus iron

effect of impurities in
salt solution

water

E 259 E 64 E 64 E
253. 265

water
Electric controllers arc lamp feed

200
84

E
E

automatic
air control principle of elevator switches principle of See also Electric rheostat Electric cooking broilers chafing dish coffee percolator

E 53 49-53* E 83

E
E E E

17

114* 113* 113*


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Electric cooking
fireless

139
PAGE

Continued cooker

hot plate

128-132*, 308 E 110-113*

114. 305-308*

oven
toaster
traveler's cooker
.

with incandescent lamps

Electric curling iron Electric currents alternating definition for telephone bells generation of

E E E E

115 113* 127* 116*

E 31 E 288 E 11
E
.
.

how produced changing alternating to direct currents chemical reaction produced by powerful currents decomposition of water different currents pass through the same wire
direct, definition of

E E

21-24 238-239 263-264 E 264

E 187 E 31 E E
184 17-18 E 186 349-352 E 353* 184-192* 251-263 238-239 189-190 E 287

induced current

by interrupting the circuit by moving the magnet

direction of

experiments magnetic field about primary and secondary, in spark produced by chemical action
rectifiers

coils

secondary, voltage telephone Electric engine principle of a toy engine

Electric flash Ught Electric flasher Electric fuses

E E E E

E E
E E
See

"blowing"
Electric gas lighter Electric generators. Electric heating

E 58* 154-155* 120-125* E 117* 146, 292 118-120*

Dynamos

apartments
applications bedroom heater cars hot plates versus incandescent lamps

E 125 107-159
E 126* E 125 E131 E 117

pad
principle of See also Electric cooking Electric hot plate Electric incubator Electric induction coil
.

97-106*
110-113* E 114

illustration

96*

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PAGE

Electric insulators and insulation glass knobs for telephone wires Electric iron principle and cost of using Electric lamps. Arc arc lamp feed

E 14 E 290 E 243*
E
107-110

carbons, adjustment
glass globes, economy mechanism mercury vapor lamp Moore light
of

E E E E

search light stereopticon Electric lamps, incandescent

burglar's flash light

E 84 150-152* 150-152 147-150 155-156* E 156 E 153* E 153*

154-155* E 142* 142-143* E 127* E 30

connecting lamps with the circuit construction cooking with current required
filament

carbon
life of

E E
of

making
testing

134-135 144-145 E 142

E
E E

141

development of metal platinum wire sizes, measuring hylo, use and cost of intensity, comparison of Nernst lamps numbers manufactured operating by induced currents
.

operating by wireless outfit

resistance of lamps in parallel

socket tungsten lamp

Electric light

132-135* 145-146 E 133 E 134 E 138* E 137-141 E 157 E 134 E 349-352* E 327 E 29 E 123* E 143* 141*, 144, 145

percentage of waste in producing search light

Electric light fixtures

E E

150 153*

copper lamp
design
Electric lighting cost
fitting

D
E

92-96* 361-364*

41, 139-141, 144

up a summer camp growth of demand for

160-167 E 134

Electric measurements units

ampere

37-42* E 30


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Electric measurements, units

141
PAGE

Continued

kilowatt hour
volt

watt
Electric meters care when closing house

E E E

41 39 39

reading See also Ammeter; Voltmeter; Wattmeter Electric milking machine

Electric motors acting as dynamo

H H
E
E
E
55, 278-279*,

351 239

compared with dynamo E. M. F. in motors See also Electric controller Electric organs pipe organ
.

E 54 43-56 E 36 47-48* E 48

Electric

oven automatic control of temperature

brick, construction

E E
E

293-295 44-52 E 114 306-308* 305-308

Electric potential meaning of difference in potential Electric power conversion of steam into electric energy cost in large and small plants production of Electric power distribution cost distances, power and cost loss in transmission voltage in relation to distances Electric power plants central stations

200-202

E 4 E 204 E 3-10

E 210 E 210-211 E 210, 216

E
211

equipping an amateur plant estimating the capacity number and annual output in the United States water power for
Electric

E E
. .
.
.

204-205* 220-239 E 219 E 205 202-217

pumps

use of
Electric push buttons for elevators

E E E E E E

house

bells

51-54 74-75* 69-70* 297-299

Electric railroads current controller, principle of toy operated by wireless outfit what moves the cars Electric resistance

E 53 325-327*

16

impedance
laws for wires
of electric lamps of lamps in parallel

285-286

ohmic resistance

E 120 E 29 E 123* E 285

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PAGE
and
lighting

Continued Electric resistance principle of electric heating resistance board starting box
telephone circuit
unit,

ohm

variation of heat with resistance wires, diameters and resistance Electric rheostats See also Electric controller Electric seal Electric shock conditions necessary
electric

100-106 E 30 E 48, 81-83* E 285-287 E 91-93 E 291 E 136 E 47-49*

491

waves
coil

experiments with spark

how

it feels

170 315 196, 198-201, 180-183* E 170-177

E E

Electric shower bath

constructing
Electric soldering iron Electric spark coil

244-247* E 116

automobile spark coil gasolene engine equipment

how voltage is raised by the spark jump spark coils make and break coils
primary and secondary
principle

coil

E E
E E E
E E

telephone vibrator voltage wireless telegraph with two windings Electric spinner Electric switches circuit breakers
double-pole, single Electric thermostat for brick oven Electric toys

E 95* 178-203* 180-183 E 184 E 183 188-192 180-187* 279-281* E 190 E

191

throw

321-322* 187-191* E 57* E 74-75* E 78* E 52* E 124 306-308*

58* 57* 325-327

engine spinner train operated by wireless Electric transformer construction

illustration

E E

magnetic circuit relation of voltage to windings

step-up and step-down transformer
Electric
Electric
.

212-216* E 96* E 214* E 215 E 216

241-243* 309-323

washing machine

construction and use

waves

E E


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waves Continued changes in length Hertzian waves Electric welding
Electric

143
PAGE
31g 346 158-159

E E

E
E

Electric wires

diameters
glass

knobs for insulating ground wire for wireless telegraph

resistance

135-137 E 290 E 321

laws of
tables
Electric wiring use of earth circuit Electricity Ampere's rule

E E

E 120 135-137
290-291

219 248 how electricity feels E 170, 177 medical use E 175 Ohm's law E 92-93 See also Induction (Electricity); Telegraph; Telephone; Wirealso headings beginning Electric and Electro less telegraph; Electrocution E 175-176 of rats E 271-273*

chemical transformer doing chores with E. M. F., meaning -. electrical current compared with water current every-day uses, list galvanic

E
E

30-32 256 241-243* E 203

176, 197-198, 201

E E

....

Electrolysis of solutions of water Electrolyte Electrolytic actions in every-day Electrolytic cell

E E
life

Electromagnet
applications of arc lamp control construction discovery of
'

257-261 264-266 E 256 E 266-270 E 257-260 E 11-24 E 54-96*

E 148 E 15*

lifting

power

magnetic intensity principle of

strength compared to bar magnets use in relay Electrometallurgy separating iron from ore Electromotive force counter electromotive force in motors Electroplating Elevators electric controllers, operation of

E 14, 17 15-16, 79-81 E 16

E
14-15

E 16 E 322

E
E

79*

E 48* 259-261

83

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PAGE
E68-71*

Continued how annunciators are operated Elijah and the widow's cruse of oil
Elevators
Ellipse,

H
B
210-211*,

32

drawing

and pin method trammel method

string

C 19* C 112* C 113* C C C

558 560 559

Elm
red or slippery elm rock or cork elm white or American

Embankments
retaining wall for riverside wall for lawn

238-245 G 74

Emblems
bullion embroidery

Embossing iron Embroidery

bars, twisted and blanket stitch bullion stitch

woven

bullion work butterfly pattern, drawnwork buttonhole and satin stitch design

buttonholing card case

cat stitch chain stitch cleaning

155 361 98-241* 141* 142* 165-166* 154-156 220-222* 166* 130-134*, 142-145* 183-186* 102, 215* 99-100*

M
N N

N N N

N N N

washing without washing collars, Hedebo embroidery combination stitch combinations of colors and stitches

compass design
couching stitch
cross stitch daisies designs, planning

drawnwork eyelet work

fagotting feather-stitching flower work colors

shading stems French knots

Hardanger

136-137 379 203* 148-154* 118-119 167-168 124* 103-106*, 107*, 108* 167, 177-180* D 118 211-226* 160-163* 145-140*, 229* 116-118* 176-189* 176 179-180 180 164-165* 190-197*
329,

N D N

N N
N

N N N N N N N N N
N

Hedebo embroidery
bars
circles

204* 204-206*


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Embroidery, Hedebo
materials for
triangles

145
PAGE

Continued

hemstitching herring-bone stitch

honeycomb
hoops
ismet stitch

stitch

Kensington stitch lace, embroidering on

ladder stitch lazy-daisy stitch
leaves, shading letters lingerie hats

long and short stitch

monograms
needles outline stitch
.^

combination stitches rough and smooth padding

picots

99,

pin cushion top

pyramid

stitch,

Hardanger

ribbon work. card case rococo Roman cut work

satin stitch

design
scalloping

drawing scallops
seeding

shadow embroidery silks, when not to use

skeleton stitch

smocking
spider stitch

stamping patterns star patterns, Hardanger stem stitch *

.
.

substitute for suggestions for a girl's room. threading the needle

tools
.

Turkish stitch

Van Dyke

stitch

Wallachian embroidery Emergencies, housekeeping Enamel and enameling

N 202 N 204* N 207-210*, 215* N 101* N 144* N 122-123 N 125* N 178-179* N 180 N 158-159* N 119-120* N 179 N 147-154* N 171-174 N 177* N 152-154* N 121 N 148-154* N 101* 130-131, 147-148, 156 N 192*, 194* N 193-196* N 195* N 181-189* N 183-186* N 181-189* N 138-142* N 147-149*, D 119 N 158* N 132-133 N 135 N 154* N 125-128* N 157 N 381 N 112-114* N 142 N 128-129 N191* N 154 N 379* N 372-381 N 103 N 121-123 N 125* N 151* N 134-137* K 353-369

197-211

146
Enamel and Enameling
backing
basse-taille

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PAGE
Coniinved

black spots, removing champleve method characteristics of enamel

cloisonne
finishing
firing process

muffle furnace for

M 208 M 208 M 201 M 202, 208 M 197 M 201, 209 M 201 M 199-201 M 199
D
354-355 D 355 AI 198 205 197 197 205

on copper on silver placing enamel on metal

polishing

preparing enamel
tools

unsoldering See also Wood finishing

M M M M

Enamel ware
kitchen utensils

H
G G G G
.

201

Endive
blanching planting and transplanting seed, time to plant winter culture Engineering. See Mechanics Engines
external

305 305 234 305

and

internal combustion

121-122, 128-130* 387

oscillating parallel motion,

mechanism

B B
Gasolene motors;

speed regulator steam versus gas or oil, advantages See also Electric engines; Electric motors; Horse power; Steam engines; Turbines English bind weed (Morning glory) class and seed time

333-334* 332-333* B 328*

121

G
B

278

Engraving cement
iron

work

Ensigns, code

205 361 108, 109

M M

Entomology. See Insects Envelope for clippings

making
Equestrian polo

N
See Scallops

Ermine
Escallops.

187-189* 377 A 495

Escutcheon plates Etching

iron

410,* 412-414

work

M
E

362
336

Ether

(of space)

chemical waves, effect of


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Ether (of space) Continued development of the universal ether idea kinds of ether waves medium for transmitting wave motions original meaning wave theory, exponents of waves sent forth by Halley's comet
Evergreens for hedge landscape gardening southern smilax See also Pine
Exercise value of

147
PAGE

E E E E
C

*,....

339-348 310-316 E 343 E 344 344-346 333-338 535-542 G 82 G 354 A 54

walking
Exhibits, vegetables
flowers,

K K
and
flowers

arrangement

labeHng
vegetables

10-13 14-17 201-208 G 205 G 205

arrangement
preparation of

202, 204

202

Eyelet work
designs for edges of
lingerie

163*, 164*, 167-168

hat

making eyelets padded eyelets Eyes and hooks sewing on

N 169 N 169* N 161-162* N 162* N 24-25*

F
Face plate
definition of

M
A

209

agots
collecting

406

Fagotting
lace stitches

Bermuda

fagotting stitch

Fahrenheit scale Fancy work. See Applique; Basket making; Bead work; Braiding; Crocheting; Embroidery; Hemstitching; Knitting; Lace making; Needle work; also names of articles, e. g.. Pin case; Sewing apron, etc. Faraday, Michael E 14, 17 discovery of magneto-induction E 345 theory of ether phenomena Farm machines A 255 dog power for running Farmers' bulletins A 513 how to secure

229* 145-146* B 261

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Farming.

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PAGE
Domestic animals; Drainage; Fertilizers and manures; Flower gardening; Forestry; Fruit: Gardening;
See Dairying;
Irrigation;
Soils; Trees; Vegetable gardening; See Clothing and dress

Vegetables

Fashion.

Fat (Game) Fats food composition and value

frying fats

K
H

346

249, 250

proportion in dicL Feather race Feather-stitching decorations in double stitch marking with

282
347
119 117* 156 118* 116* 118*

249. 252

seaweed stitch
single stitch

threads Feathers goose poultry

K N N N N N N

189-190 A 159

Feed rolls mechanism Fences. See Hedges Fermentation

principle of

316*

414

Fern dish

making pottery
Ferns
care of, in house gathering varieties to grow Fertilization of plants
Fertilizers

D
A

310-313*

G
G
G G

197
198

55, 359

246-248
18 143 421-424 G 108 G 262 G 223 A 433 G 94

and manures amount required for poor soil hen manure leaf mold, making preparing manure for hotbeds
sod for compost source of nitrogen wood ashes

for strawberries See also Humus; Lime; Nitrates; Phosphates; Potash See Track athletics Field athletics. Field, Cyrus, W. and the Atlantic cable Figs food value Files and rasps

65
255 204 37 9*

H
C

draw

filing in

copper work

metal work

M M

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Filing cabinet construction drawer designs to represent books for drawings, making Filling. See Wood finishing Finance. See iVccounts; Allowances; Housekeeping;

149
PAGE

C
C
Income

358-359* C 397* 395-396

Finger bowls
brass work use of Finishing. See
Fir.

...
Wood
finishing

133-135* 172

See Balsam

Fire

mystery of flame
Fire extinction burning grease

chimneys
Fire

H H H
H K K

226
236 234

making

camp

fires

for cooking

coal fire daily care ^ laying and lighting

. .

furnace

fires

67-69 77-82* 227-233 232 231 233

lighting a fire with kerosene

open wood fires See also Ranges

Fire of coal: story Fire screen for metal Fire tools

H
work

231 223-227

H H H H

M
M M
boys

37 11*

making
poker, forging shovel, forging

stand

for,

maSdng

tongs, making riveting

370-379* 371* 372* IM 377-379 374-377* 376

M M M

See also Andirons

Firearms
shot guns versus use of Fireless cookers
electric
rifles for

K
E

K112
110-124*

128-132*, 308

Fireplaces

camp

fireplaces

K
II

hearth, flue

and draught

made
tiles,

of field rock

making

78-79 223-224 D 371* 318-320

See also Andirons; Fire tools

Fires

damage from danger from oily cloths preventing forest fires

H
A

513
12

467-468

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Fireworks operated by wireless outfit Firing pottery Fish

boiling

327-328* 299-301* 290 278 275-276 289 290 250, 253 259

whole
broiling

H H

cleaning to preserve heads and tails food value combined with vegetables frying how to select for cooking

H H

pan

fish,

meaning

H K 91 H 271 K 130
A A
273 266

protecting from natural enemies

taming See aUo Brook trout; Gold

Fish spears forging Fishing
bait bait casting

fish;

Shell fish;

Trout
240* 125-143* 130-136* 137-138 140 130, 134-137*

boats
fly casting

gaff

game
hooks

fish

landing nets line winder, whittling lines, selection and care

methods
qualifications of a successful fisherman
reels
.

rods, selecting rules

still

fishmg

tackle time to fish

trolling

K K 141 K 126 K 128-129* K 141* C 15* K 128, 135 K 129 K 125 K 127 K 127 K 142 K 129, 139-140 K 126-129* K 141 K 133*. 139*
G
B
334

K K K

See Electric light fixtures Fixtures. Flag (Plant) characteristics of dwarf flag
Flags

yacht signal code

Flannels

107-109
324, 328

washing
Flash light
burglar's Flat irons. See Electric iron Fleece. See Goats; Sheep

H
E

154-155*

Flemish oak stain

231

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Fletcher,

151
PAGE

Horace

Fleur-de-lis.

theory of food chewing See Iris

*

K
C

10

Flicker bird house for Flies

219

book about
breeding places danger to health

development from the egg

exterminating Floating heart
characteristics

A A

A 519 476-477 A 475 393-395 475-478

366

Floors building estimating lumber for octagon or hexagon

for for

...

model house

summer house
beams

laying floors
setting

507-509 D 28 C 417 C 471 C 470

carpets versus rugs for

cement floors for poultry house color scheme in house decoration

cleaning appliances dusting
finish for

125 137

wood

floor

kitchen floors and floor coverings

polishing
refinishing

waxed

floors, polishing

H 142 H 125 H 192 H191 H 126 H 127 H 126

Strength of materials;

D16

See also Carpets; Vacuum cleaner Floral decoration

Matting;

Rugs;

backgrounds color scheme combinations

dining table

D D
D
D

garden method grouping

holders

89-90 84-86 D 83 91-92 D 83 D 82

86-89* 81 93-94

and vases

Japanese idea principles of arrangement wild flowers, decorative value Flour

cleansing qualities

A56

food value Flower basket

H H
G
G G

332 254

weaving Flower embroidery. Flower gardening annuals

61-64*

See Embroidery

315-335 328-331

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PAGE
330 317 317, 320, 321 G 323 G 322 G 137, 321 G 331 G 315, 361 G 329, 333 G 156 A 94-99

Flower gardening, annuals Continued blooming after frest arrangement of plants background plants bedding plants
biennials

G G

border plants climbing annuals: table

color
drills,

scheme

cut flowers: tables

making

establishing a nursery business in California

formal garden border

scheme diagram of
color

gradation of plants staking plots and paths

straight lines in fragrant flowers: tables
girls'

work

hardy and self-sowing plants house plants

informal gardens
insect pests location of garden

perennials

potted plants drainage

pests,

remedy

pots, cleaning

potting process
soil

transplanting watering
profit in
selling flowers

152 154 153 G 151, 152 G 154, 155 G 357 G 330, 333 G 151-164 G 316-321 196-198, 139 G 358 G 199, 293 G 361 G 333-335 G 180-200 G 172, 183-185 G 199 G 184 G 186-187 G 171, 183-185 G 181-182 G 199

G G G

selling seeds
selling

young plants

rock garden

round beds, making school grounds

screening unsightly places selection of flowers for landscape effect self-sowing annuals: table shady places, annuals for: table slipping plants soU, annuals that suit heavy or sandy soUs succession in bloom by montlis time table topping plants

G G G G

G 373 371-372 370-371 324-326 136-137 G 82-84 G 362 G 361

331 331 188-190

G G

....

G G 328-329 G 316, 364 G 161 G 199


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Flower gardening
Continued See also Bulbs; Gardening;
Vines;

153
PAGE

Wild flower gardening;

e. g..

Window
themum;

boxes;

names of Larkspur; Pansy

also

special flowers,

Chrysan-

Flower missions Flowers

collections, labeling

62
156 155

preparation and mounting

K K
G

cut flowers annuals for care of honey or pollen producing

jardiniere for,
pistils

329, 333

making and stamens

....

propagating wild flowers protecting wild flowers supplying city children with wild flowers water and bog plants See also Floral decoration; Flower gardening; Plants; W^ild flower gardening; Window box; also names of special flowers,
e. g.,

160 322 G 66-68* G 246-247 A 467 A 465-467

H
A

61

366

Lily

Flues cleaning

purpose of
See also

H H

234 224

Chimney
209 221 247 134-137*

Flux
definition of iron and steel use of, in welding casting

Fly Flymg

K
B

M M M

theory of Flying machines

glider

...

195-197

heavier than air and lighter than air types See also Aeroplanes; Balloons Fobs. See Watch fobs Foliage plants Follow the leader (stump master)

....

B 179 162-163

Food
ash,

meaning

of

carbohydrates combinations condensed, harmful

fats
.

non-nourishing, value of
pre-digested, harmful proportion of income to be used for food protein
refuse,

K 387 H 249 H 248 H 257-261 H 261 H 219 H 260 H 261 H 74, 78 H 248
H
H ^^^ 247-257

324

meaning

values

154
Food
Continued experiments

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
of United States Government 250 . variety essential 249, 262 See also Cookery; Diet; Fish; Fruit; Marketing; Meat; Vegetables; also names of special foods, e. g.. Bread; Macaroni,
. .

etc.

Football*
association or soccer

267-283*, 348-350 269, 331

captain centre rush, qualifications dangers of the game

K K

270, 272

'Mown"
drop kick
ends, qualifications field goal full-back, qualifications
goals, choosing

gridiron half-back, qualifications

kicking off
line-up diagram players, weight

and

size

playing the

game

positions of players

punt
quarter-back, qualifications

Rugby
rules

rushing the ball "safety"

scores

scrimmage
season shoes
signals tackles, qualifications

team, organization

team work touchdown

training

uniform Foot bridge. Foot pound Foot stools

K K K 268, 270* K 270 K 274-276, 348 K 269, 349 K 349 K 270, 273 K 269 K 280-283 K 275 K 282 K 276, 281-282, 348 K 281 K 267 K 280* K 277-279 K 270, 273 K 269-273 K 273-274 K 275, 349 K 283 K 279-280*, 350
B
123

267 349 349 273 349 273 276 273*, 274, 348 271, 273 276, 281
275, 281, 272, 270, 276, 272,

K K

273

K K K K

See Bridge building

designs and construction mission style, design Forest fires

C C A

291-300* 374-375*

damage from
preventing Forestry

C 513 466-468

book about

516


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Forestry Continued conservation value of forests waste timber problems See also Lmnber and Imnbering; Trees;
f

155
PA6E

C
Wood
lots

Q 519 514-516 A 406

Forge
bellows building fire in construction

draught systems
explosion, danger of portable forge

draught system
tuyere Forget-me-not
characteristics

M 216* M 217-218 M 216 M 227-229 M 229 M 222-223* M 228 M 216

G
365, 366

Forging bending bending comer in iron

bolts

butcher knife

crow bar
dividers, pair of

door hasp
eccentric strap fish-spear fork, two pronged

garden hoe gate hooks grub hoe

hand drills hand hammers

harness hooks heating steel hmge and butt
ice-shaver nail puller or claw tool

nuts
oxidizing
fire

pipe method pitchfork

punching holes
reducing fire rock drills
shackles sockets for wire ropes stake pin
staples
steel

hook

M 236 M 271-273* M 240-244* M 354-357* M 352* M 340-341* M 338-340* M 334* M 240* M 239* M 335-337* M 236-238* M 328-330* M 347-349* M 316-322* M 238* M 290 M 283-285* M 327* M 353* M 244-246* M 233 M 333 M 239* M 245* M 233 M 344-349* M 349-352* M 281-283* M 233-235* M 235-236* M 2G6-271*
M
^I 341-344* 287-288*

stone chisels and picks

tongs, iron

156

GUroE AND INDEX

PAGE

Forging Continued turn buckles

upsetting
bolts definition rings wood chisel wrenches of steel

M
M M
G

330-334*

315 249 337-338 273-281*

M M M

Ul*

See aho Blacksmithing; Iron work; ^Yelding Formal garden

Fors^'thia selection principles

151-155, 357

37

Foundations boat house

cellar

B 36 C 459
C
430, 458*

concrete

box mold for

bracing
leveling

pergola foundation
setting columns setting wooden frame thickness of wall depth for houses

...

house building
posts
for small buildings setting setting and leveling o'clock
.

460* 460 C 426-433 C 435 C 435, 458 C 459 C 458-459 D 25-28*

C C

D
C

443 26-28* 413-417*

Four

sowing and blossoming time Fowl. See Poultry

G
A

161

Fox
book about the
Foxglove
biennial characteristics
digitalis made from sowing and blossoming time Fragrant herbs and grasses Frames. See Picture frames Framing. See House framing; Picture frames

silver fox

517
322

G
G

333, 334, 347, 365

A 57 G161 A 64

Francis of Assisi, Saint

stories

about

H
B

25

FrankliQ, Benjamin
kite fl^-ing

186

Fraternity pillows French chalk for dry cleaning

French hem French knots

letter outlining

N 376 H 332, 360 N 21 N 150


GUIDE AND INDEX
French knots
needle for

157
PAGE

Continued

working French seal Fresnel, Augustin Jean

theory of light wave Fringe knotting fringe
.

N N
A E

166 164* 501

345

raflSa

275-277* 274

N
A

Frogs taming
Fruit food values
selection of, for food

266
255 271 295

washing
See also names of fruits, Fruit trees
e. g.,

H H H
Apple;

Grape; Orange,

etc.

budding
distance to plant protecting fruit from birds seeds versus grafting See also Grafting

G
G

251-253 G 258 A 461 257-258

Frying
fats for

methods
Fuchsias bedding plants Fuel blacksmith's fuels refuse timber See also Coal

H H
G

282 281
324 229 406

M
A
B

Fulcrum

principle of Fullering. See Blacksmithing

...

21-28*

Fumed oak and

Fungi
shelf fungi

chestnut, process

D
A

233

62

See also

Mushrooms

Fur

332 dry cleaning 347 packing See also Ermine; Mink; Mole; Muskrat; Rabbit; Sable; Seal; Skins; Skunk; Weasel Furnace 11 227-230 draughts and dampers 290 gas and oil for heating steel 233 house furnace, management and cleaning 199 muffle furnace for enameling Furniture antique 1^ 241-243 mahogany table refinished

H H

M H M

158
Furniture, antique
re-finishing

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Co?itinued

D D
C

bedroom
beds, designs

box furniture, making care of furniture and fittings

castors. Acme pin concrete furniture, making covers for decorative value

H
D

238-243 57-58* 60*, 373* 476-478* 121-145

dining-room enameling white

evolution of hall furniture

kitchen furniture
living

room

outdoor
designing, principles of painted, cleaning polish

renovating
rustic

D 193 201-209* 348 D 46 D 53-57* D 235 C 291-292 D 47-50* 193-199 D 50-53* 408-416*, D 198-211* D 200 134 133, 162 D 238-239 D 209-211*

woods for selection for use

A
and beauty

410,

KlOl-102

upholstered, cleaning See also Book case; Book rack; Carpentry and Woodwork Problems; Chairs; Desk; House decoration; Stains and staining; Tables; Tabourette; Wood; Wood carving; Wood
finishing

H 115-120 H 132, 332

See Gardening Fusee, principle of Fuses. See Electric fuses

Furrows.

80*

G
Gaging lumber
Gaillardia characteristics

186, 188

332, 335

sowing and blossoming time Gained or housed joints

Galileo, Galilei

G161 C 255*
B
256

barometer invention Galloway, Beverly T. back yard swimming pool

Galvani, Luigi production of electric currents by chemical action
.

A
. .

282-286
.

Galvanic electricity Galvanized iron

soldering

E E E B

M
H

Galveston sea wall Gambling in housekeeping expenditures

.

248 248 248 44 247 70

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Game and game
birds

159

cooking in camp creating a private game preserve domesticating wild game

protecting wild rice food for See also Bantams;

K
A A
Pheasants

89, 90 464-465 461-464 A 463 A 78

Guinea fowl;

Games
list

of

one hundred games

326-328

See also Archery; Base ball; Camping; Canoeing; Coasting; Fishing; Football; Golf; Hockey; Hunting; Skating; Skiing; Swimming; Tennis; also names of games, e. g.. Croquet; Marbles, etc.

Garbage can
cleaning location disposal of in country Garden club election of officers exhibits reports on garden plots secured vote to aid Oldfield Centre school grounds vote to disbar girls

110, 221

H H H
G

221 220 222 14

201-208 G 3-12

Garden hockey Garden paths materials and making Garden pests. See Insect pests Gardening city back yard compost pile drills, making
exhibits furrows,
hill,

G G

14 16

350

G
G

358

23, 134-141

making meaning of

hoeing indoor experiments money-making garden selling garden fittings

plan,

drawing paper plan for garden plots

262 156 G 201-208 264*, 266-267 G 116 G 266 G 28-40 G 368-376 G 372-373 G 43-47*

G G

G
G

261

preparing new plot pricking out plants raking rows, direction to plant
site for

261-263
100 266 G 260 G 263 259-261 G 268 263-265 ^ ^"^

G
G

rubbish, removing from new site a garden, choosing sowing seeds

G
G

spading

.^

success, principles of

160
Gardening

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

Continued succession crops G 92 thinning seedlings G 268 transplanting G 101-102, 118, 268-270 trenching G 26^-265* work shop end of the garden G 41-71* See also Coldi'rame; Drainage; Fertilizers and manures; Flower gardening; Herbs; Hotbeds; Insect pests; Landscape gardening; Lawns; Plant food; Plants; School grounds; Seedi Soils; Vegetable gardening; Vegetables; Vines; Weeds Gardening Tools and appliances bulb flat, making G 61* dibber G 47* flower basket, weaving G 61-64* good versus poor tools G 89-90 hoe, how to use G 107 labels for plants, making G 58* measurements on tool handles G 156 plant jardiniere G 66-68* 68-71* pot rest reel, making G 51* sieve, making G 59-61 spades, how to use G 88 stake, making G 50* 64-66* sundial, makmg

Gareth
service in the king's kitchen Garlic, wild class and seed time

H
G
B
121,

20

278

Garret playhouse

Gas and oil engines compared with steam engines construction and fuel supply cylinder, what takes place in
water supply, quantity See also Gasolene motors Gas furnace heating steel

E 179 128-130 E 178 B 130

Gas Gas

lighter. Electric

290 118-120*

lighting

average bill for careful families Gas meters reading Gas range baking bread in
cleaning
fire

from

fat,

extinguishing

lighting

H 76 H 238 H 283 H 235 H 236 H 234

B B
104 104

Gasolene composition danger of explosion

GUIDE AND INDEX

Gasolene automobiles. See Automobiles Gasolene launch. See Boat building; Launch Gasolene motors
action

161
PAQE

automobile frames, construction

carbureter description and dimensions exhaust pipe

expansion chamber
four-stroke cycle
installing in launch motive power, how obtained

B ..;...

motor-cycle, principle muffler multiple cylinders

.

petcock pipe joints, finishing power, developing

.

J
',

single cylinder

sparking
electric

equipment

for

B 388 396-401* B 95* B 95* 97-98, 103 B 98 B 388-391* B 93-95 B 388 B 387-388 B 97-98 B 393 B 99 B 102 B 105-107 B 391, 394* B 105-106 E 178-203
B

stationary

foundations
location vibration, avoiding

B
B

stopping the engine suction and overflow pipes

tank, setting

100-102 B 99 100-102 B 104

new engine two-cylinder two-stroke cycle

testing
vertical

water jacket water supply Gate hooks

forging Gearing. See Mechanical

B102 B 102 B 111 B 392* B 388 B 391 B 110

B
103-104

M
movements

236-238*

Geese

book about
breeds domesticating wild geese fattening for market feathers, plucking feeding and caring for goslings food value how to select for cooking
raising setting eggs

189.

K
A A

517
181

463 189 189-190 A 188 H 253 H 271 188-190

188

Genista indoor plant Georgia pine. See Pine

197

162
Geraniums
bedding plant
slipping wild geranium
.

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

window box plant Germination of seeds. See Seeds

Gifts

G 323 188-190 G 342 G 193

playthings outgrown spent in advance, offense of the tenth of your income Gilding
lettering

H H H
B C

10 70
81
131

name on boat

Gimlet bit Ginger root

use of
Girders, wooden strength of materials
Girls' clubs.

194*. 196

A
B
See Clubs

58
45

Girls

outdoor sports for

Girl's

K
N
N

318-325

room
scheme
375, 378, 379

color

cretonne versus linen for fmnishings

curtains
stenciling furnishings wall decorations window seat Gu-l's secret

373 380-381 377 377 374 G 25-27

N N N

Glass cutting with a wheel cutter

for

lamp shade

kitchen utensils leaded glass, soldering

polishing

washing
Glider fl}dng machine Glove box. See Boxes

196 400 203 196-197* 134 180 B 179

H H H H
C

Gloves
cleaning chamois gloves

331

Glue
preparing and using See also Carpentry

225

Gnomon
making Goat
age, telling

209
111

A
A A A

Angora
commercial value
fleece

114

109, 114

book about

common

goat, advantages of

A 517 114-116

GUIDE AND INDEX

Goat
Continued
feeding

163
PAGE

housing
kid, care of

market value
milk, value

products
profit

from

raising

experiment in New rate of increase selecting for a herd

space needed value in reclaiming land water supply Goat skin
for leather

England

A 111-113 A 109, 113 A 111 A 117 A 115 A 110 A 107-108 A 107-118 A 116-118 A 115 A 110 A 109, 114 A 116-118 A 109

work

N
G
A A A A A A A

84*

Godetia
characteristics

322, 329, 331

Gold

fish

age

....

book about
characteristics color of young diseases eggs, care of

enemies food
habits hospital

making an aquarium
raising for profit

K
A A

rearing tank

spawning pond storage tank

training

winter tank

227 517 226 231 232 229 233 228, 231 A 228 A 232 160-162 228-233 228, 230 A 229 A 231 A 227 A 232

Golden

bell

characteristics

G
G

355

Golden glow
characteristics

334, 365

Golden oak Golden seal

value

finish

230

Golf
addressing bogie score

K
caddy
clubs course hole

A 57 206-300*, 351-354 297*

K K K

300 352
r>51

K
K

200*. ^\5i
'[){],

297, 351

164

GUIDE AND EsDEX

PAGE
Continued
links

Golf

plaj-ing the

game

putting green
scoring tee Golf-croquet Gong. See Brass

K K
work

332 300 297, 352 298, 300 K 297 K 3o4

K K K

3-53

bell

Gophers
destroying

493 225

Gouge
blacksmith's tool sharpening woodworker's tool Governors (Machinery; gjToscope governor steam engine Grafting
cleft grafting impro\'ing stock

M
B B

C 179-1S4* C 258-260*
335*
313-316*, 329

G G
d

257-258 io^-ioS

occupation for boys scion and stock season for tongue grafting

-i09*

wax making whip grafting

Grain
food value See also Com Grandfather's clock

io^-i56 G 255 G 256 G ioQ 256-257

254

11 250,

making
Granite for roadway

284-290* G 85

Grape
food value green grape wild grapes picking
jelly, receipt

H
A
A A

255
15
14 15

jelly receipt

Grape juice book about

food value

A A

518 417

makmg
Grass seed kind for rapid growth preparing the soil sowing Grass stain
remo\'ing Grasses baaketry uses

A 418^21
G

G 76 74-76 G 77

H
A

359

64

GUIDE AND INDEX

Grasshoppers
distinguishing

165
PAGE

young from old

,

garden pests
Grates.

393 282

See Fireplaces

Gravel road beds

See also

85

Cement walks

Graver
definition of

M
B

209

Gravitation
definition

laws of
principle of

E 341 277-280 B 57-59

278 277 279-280

Gravity

meaning of meaning of specific gravity, meaning

acceleration,
force,

B B

of

Grease spots removing

H
C

Greek cross Greens (Cookery)

dandelion greens Greens, Christmas

360 322

A 63 50-57
B
336*

Grinding machine edge runners or chasers for crushing Grindstones grinding tools with
principle of types and uses

181-184* B 28

181*

Grosbeak, rose-breasted
insect destroyer

migration Grounds. See School grounds

K
A

457 176

Grouse book about Guests

entertainment of

519

H
A
179,

366-369

Guinea fowl book about

characteristics eggs, value

A 517 181-182
179 180 179, 181

feeding

A A

marketing
raising

A A
for

180-182
-^ ^^^ 451-454* A 205

Guinea pigs
as pets

making a house
raising for pets

Gum.

See also Cavies See Spruce gum

166

GUIDE AXD IXDEX

PAGE
tree

Gum
Gun.

sweet gum, red gum, or liquid amber See Firearms; Rifles; Shotgun Gussets. See Sewing GjTnnastics outdoor life versus gjTmaastics

56i

Kll
C
270*
169 3S4* 261-26S* B 334*

up GjToscope
pull

bar,

making

applied to aeroplanes

Bohnenberger's machine
construction of

B B

mechanism

H
Hab-enihan (Game)

K
B

354

Hacmatack

C 530
363-366 355

HaU
formation

Halev over (Game)

Halibut food value
clock design and construction Hall furniture Halley's comet ether waves sent forth by Halley's thermometer

H
D
E

253

HaU

193-198* 47-50*

Halved

joints

333-338 B 261 C 253*

Ham. See Pork Hamburg steak

H
hammer

268

Hammer
adze eye claw claw hammer
cross {>een

hammer, making hand hammer handles, making hard wood p>eg for copper work
peen
planishing
raising
set

hammer hammer

203* 203* 316-318* 224* C 271* 28 254* 8*

C C

round peen hammer, making

hammer shaping hammer Hammocks

making couch hanmiocks

M 318-322* M 225*. 323* M 7*

C
478-480* 355 356 356

M M M M M

Hand baU Hand polo Hand tennis

Handkerchief

K K K

drawnwork

213-219*

GUIDE AND INDEX

Handkerchief Continued hemstitching rolling the edge Handkerchief box. See Boxes Handles wooden, making See also Copper work; Metal work

167
PAGE

207-209* j^ 21*

gyj*

Hands
removing stains Hardanger embroidery bars, weaving
block stitch materials picots pin cushion tops

pyramid

stitch star pattern

K 357 N 190-197* N 192 N 190-191* N 190 N 192*, 194* N 193-196* N 195* N 191*

Hardening metals. Hardie

blacksmith tool

See Steel

making

M M
G
A

226* 322*

Hardy

plants

meaning Hare
"varying'* hare

317

499-500

Hare and homids

Harebell, Carpathian
characteristics

K
G G
A

17

Harrowing
Harvesting natm'e's crops Haskins, Charles Waldo How to keep household accounts, recommended

334 124 8-100

....
N
N
N N

99

Hat
baby's buttoned hat to select a hat lingerie hat raffia hats

how

for doll

Hat ball Hat pin

copper work

174-175 D 125 169*, 171-174 262-270 253-255 357

348-350*,

Hat pin

holder

copper work

M M

64-69
69-71*

Hatchet handle

making

271*

Haws

(fruit)

location and uses Hawthorne, Nathani(

24

quotation

H
.

43
360

Hawthorne, English
characteristics

168

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PAGE

Hayes, Ruth , success with chickens Hazel nut

cultivating

160-163

hedge gathering time pruning bushes Health. See Hygiene Hearth

for fence

33-34 A 34 A 35 A 35

meaning Heat
British thermal unit
calorie

H
E
caloric,

224

and

meaning

generation transmission by radiation

100-101 E 342 E 98-100 E 314

waves
length production and velocity theory

E 316 313-315 E 343

306-308* 120-125* 202-206*

Heating automatic control of temperature

regulation by electric flasher See also Electric heating; Fuel; Furnace;

E E
Steam
radiators

Hedebo embroidery
Hedges
hazel bush poplar versus evergreen

34

shrubs for Helianthus

G 82 G 357

background plant sowing and blossoming time Helicoptere flying machine

Heliotrope

G
G G
G

320

G161 B 163
324 333

bedding plant
characteristics of winter plant

Hellebore, white
insecticide

117, 285

Hemlock
characteristics

539

Hemming.

Hemp

See Sewing See Ropes ropes.

^^
N N
210* 207-209* 215-216*

Hemstitching double hemstitching

handkerchiefs

<9^|

^/B

*'

padded

Hen coops. See PoultryHen manure. See Fertilizers and manures

Henry, Joseph
first

Hens.

to make electro-magnets See Poultry

14

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Hepatica
blossoming time
habits and characteristics

169
PAGE

339
155

339, 364

Herbarium Herbs bee balm

for basket weaving in colonial gardens list of soil for

K
G
.

and sachets

uses

G G G G
B

Hero engine
Herring food value Herring-bone embroidery stitch Hertz, Heinrich
discovery of electric waves
.
.

347 64 326 327 326 326 114*

H N
E E

253
101*

Hertzian waves Hewitt, Peter Cooper inventor of mercury vapor lamp

346 346

E156
hexagon

Hexagon
problem in estimating lumber
floor

for

508

Hickory
characteristics food value of nuts

30-40,

lumber value
varieties

Hide and seek Hides. See Skins High kick

Hinges cooper or brass, metal work copper or silver, metal work
iron hinge
riveting setting

K K
making

564 256 A 39 A 40 361

357

and

butt,

ornamental, making

M M M

116* 100-106* 283-285* 391-393* 114* C 239

M
M

Hives.

See Bees

Hockey
forward garden hockey
goal tender
ice

hockey lawn hockey

**puck"
rink
rules skates, cost

team

214 350 214 212-215*. 858 Iv 867 Iv 212 K 215 iv 215 K 358 K ^1 i S58
.
.

^ K K

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Hockey
Continued uniform See also Curling

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

213, 358

Hoe
forging a garden hoe forging a grub hoe how to use Hog. See Swine

M M
G

335-337* 328-330* 107-266

Hogan, Clarence

raising chickens

A
B
B

159

Hoisting machinery inclined plane

lewis for lifting stones
lifting

52-62, 64

magnets

E
B

screws tongs for lifting stones See also Capstan; Pulleys; Windlass Holly care of trees
characteristics

347* 79-81* 139-147 B 348*

wood, value wreaths, making and marketing

Hollyhocks background plant
characteristics

A 52 C 560 A 52 A
52-53

G
G

320
161

334, 365

sowing and blossoming time

Home

decoration.

See House decoration

Homemaking
art of

See also Housekeeping Homing pigeons

H 44 K 180
A

Honey
cooking with food value marketing
plants which supply

H
A A A

wholesomeness See also Bees Honeysuckle

decorative value

327 254 326 322 326

Honiton applique

G N

359 237

Hood
knitted

N
A

366-368*

Hooke, Robert

wave theory of light Hooker, Ava a start with poultry

343

172-177

Hooks
centrifugal check hooks forging

326*

gate hooks

236-238*

GUroE AND INDEX

Hooks, forging
steel

171
PAGE

Continued
M
N N

harness hooks

hook

Hooks and

eyes, sewing on Hoops, embroidery Hop hornbeam, or iron wood

238* 266-271* 24-25* 122-123

characteristics

558
360 358 359 251*
270*

Hop

vine value

Hopover( Game) Hopscotch Hopper joints

Horizontal bar making a pull up bar

K K
C

C
A

Horse book about

raising colts training

Horse chestnut Horse power

converting into kilowatts estimating estimating energy in coal

A 517 101-103 252-255, 258 G 367

B125
B
122-125 E 6 225-232* 227 230 321 231* 226-227* 230 225-226* 232 227-228 221-222* 222 218-222* 218 221*

Horsemanship
bridle wise horse care of the horse girls as riders jumping fences

mounting
packing a horse
saddles, selecting selecting the horse styles of riding

Horseshoeing
heels

making shoes mule shoes and horse shoes

toe calk Hospitality. See Guests Hot water bottle
electric heating

M M M M M
E
('

K K K K K K K K K

pad

117

Hotbed
coldframe changed to directions for making preparing for winter time to transfer plants Ho-ti and the roast pig

G 38 48-50*
G
235

108, 109

House cleaning
appliances for order of work
principles

H H

18 :^37-352
140, 147

143-145 H 142

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PAGE

House cleaning Continued repairs and renovations

small spaces

338, 339

unobtrusive methods weekly schedule

woodwork
See also Ceilings; Cellar; Cuitains; Floors; Flues; Furnace; Furniture; Garbage can; Kitchen; Lamps, oil; Laundry work; Matting; Painting; Paper-hanging; Pictures; Refrigerator; Rugs; Shades; Tiles; Vacuum cleaners; Walls;

H H H H

338 128 108 123

Windows
House decoration
ceilings

correcting defects of height color scheme

harmony interior woodwork southern and northern exposures

corrective for architectiu-al defects decorative fabrics

Dutch room, suggestion

experimenting
floors, color scheme French room, suggestions

36 38 D 16-20 D 35-36 D 20 18-19 37-38 95-120 379 D 41-43 16, 20, 36 379

D D

D D D

furnitm-e

arrangement
selection modifying rules

overcrowding
principles

re-decorating old houses relation to building plan summer cottage suggestions ten commandments use and beauty of possessions walls stencihng

window

seats

59-63 46-59 43-45 D 62 D 34-35 D 37 D 12-13 D 370 D 45-46 115-120 36, 39-41 76 374-375

D D D

See also Copper work; Curtains; Cushions; Floral decoration; Furniture; Girl's room; Leather work; Metal work; Pictures; Portieres; Pottery; Stenciling; Weaving House fly. See Flies

House framing
construction details

D
C

drawings and instructions corner framing corners, finishing poultry house paper for siding
siding

25-32* 461-464* C 462* C 446* C 471

cheap houses
cottages and bungalows

C C

445 464

GUIDE AND INDEX

House framing,
siding

173
PAGE
471 475 444-445* B 37-38* 413-417* C 469

Continued
C
C

putting on weather boards tongue and groove boards for small and cheap houses studding for a boat house summer house construction window and door frames, setting House plans. See Architecture

C C

Household pests Housekeeper

effacement of health of
.

H H
^

361-364
383-384 385 388-389 384

stories of inspiration

H
Housekeeping;
Servants

worries See also

House

cleaning;

Housekeeping
accounts, keeping adjustment of work
alleviations

H
. .

as a profession

bedroom work

H H
articles

87-100 112 333 382-387 146-159

H H

closing the house

marking wrapped
packing

meters, shutting off

repairing household appliances traps, care of daily work dignity of

dining-room and pantry work emergencies

expenses, division of income home training for inspiration . learning and helping learning by observation
.

351 351 347-349 349 351 103 387 51, 160-187 353-369 74-80 46 388-389 43-59

H H

H H H H

H H

H58

menus and marketing

My

heritage objections to opening the house, unpacking

playhouse
possessions, use rest provisions

and beauty

244-273 H 63-68 H 382 H 352 H 3-40 H 115-120

schedules of work school lessons helpful in servants

upstairs

H
H H

work

H 113 101-113 45 370-381 146-159

See also Cookery; Food; Furniture; House cleaning; House decoration; Insect pests; Ironing; Kitchen; Lainuiry; Marketing; Needle work; Plumbing; Receipts; Servants; Sewing House plants. See Plants

174
Huckleberries

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
canning factories
picking

A A
A
mentioned
11,

12 13

where and how they grow

Hudson

seal

514 491 216

265
8,

Hugo, Victor
his description of Paris sewers

Humming

birds

....

H
A

taming

Humus
soil

composition

Hunt

the sheep

Hunting
choosing companions training dogs for See also Game and game birds; Huygens, Christian wave theory of light

K
Shooting

118 190-192

K K
E

9 360

344
175 167 178 178 175

Hyacinth
cone developer indoor planting planting and blooming time
varieties

G
G
166, 177, 167, 177, 169,

G G G

water growing

Hydrangea
characteristics

Hydro-electric stations in the United States

G 356, 365 E 202-207

Hygiene

how

to keep well
life

outdoor

rules of health value of play See also Athletics;

K 3-5 K 6-9 K 12 K 4, 10
Exercise;

Walking

Hygrometer
construction

Hylo electric lamps Hyperbola

describing

231-232* E 138*

338

I spy Ice

K
A

361

home-made
See Refrigerator Ice box. See Hockey Ice Hockey.
Ice-shaver forging

435-437

M
See Electric lamps. Incandescent,

327*

Incandescent lamps. Inclined plane

principle of

52-62*


GUIDE AND INDEX
Inclined plane Continued rule for power

175
PAGE

64

Income
allowances, management of gifts, provisions for how to divide for family needs increasing, ways to avoid

management

of

savings from uncertain, management of Incubators

electric

H 80 H 81 H 72-85 H 73 H 70-86 H 82 H 71
197-199 E 114 E 124*
176-177* 44 333, 347

temperature regulator Indian bracelet

making
Indian proverb about home making Indian's plume (Bee bahn) Induction (Electricity) current induced by interrupting the circuit by moving the magnet direction of induced currents experiments

M
G

E
E E E

human

voice as interrupter piano strings as interrupter telephone induction coil tuning fork as an interrupter
wireless spark coil

184 17-18 E 186 349-352 282-283 E 281 279-281* E 280 321-322*

Ink stams removing Ink well holder

copper work gouge work

359

Inky caps, mushrooms

Inlaying, metal Inlaying, wood borders, designs

and making buhlwork building up designs checkerboard, design and making curved designs
gluing process
^

marquetry work
placing the design thickness of veneer

woods

suitable for
soil

117-121* 261-263* A 90 362 C 319-331* C 324-328* C 329 320-322*, 323*, 329* C 326-327* C 328 C 323 C 828 C 324 C 319 C 319

M
C

Inoculation of Insect pests ants

119

280-295,

167-168,

asparagus beetle, remedy bean anthracnose

361-364 G 283 ( 287 G 288

176
Continued

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
bed bugs book about cabbage worm
caterpillars

Insect pests

cauliflower lice and celery caterpillar

maggots

chestnut weevil chicken lice cockroaches cut worms destruction of, by birds and toads detecting eggplants

....

gnawing

class,

remedy

grasshoppers

homworm
house plant pests household pests
leaf-hopper
,

moths, prevention and extermination of plant lice potato bug red spider
rose slug slugs

squash bug
striped beetle

sucking class

tomato worm water bugs

See also Flies;
Insecticides
Insecticides;

363-364 A 519 G 125, 288 G 282, 285, 287, 290 G 289 G 287, 290 A 33 A 148, 149 H 362 G 284, 292, 293 A 455-457, G 280-281 G 283-284 G 305 G 281-282 G 282 G 292 G 199 H 361-364 G 293 362 G 284, 291, 293 G 287, 292 G 293 G 284, 293 G 117, 284, 285, 293 G 287, 291, 292 G 117, 285, 287, 292 G 282 G 286 H 362

Mosquitoes

bordeaux mixture kerosene emulsion

Paris green
Insects adult stage chrysalides

121, 294

G G
A

130 130 394

development
distinguishing egg stage habits

young from old

homes
injurious and helpful larval stage life of a butterfly

A 394, 396 A 393-395 A 391-393 A 393 A 388-391 A 397-399

K
A

pupa stage
See also Ants;
pers;

167-168 A 394 395-397 A 394

|
>

Beetles;

Butterflies;

Dragon-flies;

Grasshop-

Moths;

Silkworms;

Spiders;

Wasps

GUIDE AND INDEX

Collecting and preserving Insects baiting moths sugar receipt

177
PAGE

400-402,

153-154

153 519 breeding cage, making A 399-400* cases for preserving A 385, 387*, 388, C 395-397 cornstalk pith for lining A 63 classifying A 386-389 egg shell, mounting A 396 eggs of butterflies A 395 filing cabinet, making C 395-397 killing bottle, making and using a cyanide bottle A 378-380*, 382, 151-152* 152* mounting A 380-386*, net making A 376-378*
401,

books about

K
A A

outfit

375,

151

pinning butterflies and beetles

pins for mounting spreading board times and localities for collecting Insertion. See Crocheting Instruments. See Tools Insulation. See Electric insulators and insulation Insurance. See Life insurance Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association of America best records events contested for rowing record Interior decoration. See House decoration Invalid tray preparing

383-385* A 380 A 381* 388-389

K K K H

336 360 383

365-366 Inventions ancient and modern B 271-277 See also Aeroplanes; Matches; Typewriters; Wireless telegraph; and words beginning Electric
Iris

blue flag border plant dwarf, characteristics English, planting and blooming time

German,

characteristics

366 321 334, 364 G 178 G 365

G G

Japanese, characteristics Spanish, planting and blooming time

varieties , Irish crochet

G G G

SSS 178
321

baby
belt

Irish pattern

N N N
N
X

doily with edge

Dutch
edging grapes

collar

333-350* 344-346* 335-337* N 335* 346-350* 344-345*

^-^5

178
Irish crochet

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued
jabot leaves materials motifs, joining
rose

N
wheel pattern with rose and straps of shamrock

342-344* N 345 333 334 339-340, 344

shamrock
tie rose

N N

N N N

341

337-338* 338-342*

Irish stew; story

H
E

14

Iron galvanized
incorrectly named soldering magnetic properties oxidation, preventing pig iron stretching processes wrought iron

Iron work

bending comer
bracket, making bulbs, making candlestick, making
spiral

chains, welding decorative forgings, suggestions

handles
hinge,

making

hinge and butt, making

kettle stand,

making lamp holder for

lamp, makmg holder shade and holder

punching holes
rings,

in

welding

spirals,

making

tongs, forging twists

braided strand umbrella stand wrench, forging See also Andirons; Blacksmithing; Ironing

M 230-232 M 271-273* M 393-395* M 385-388* M 380-383* M 388-391* M 250-253* D 364 M 384 M 391* M 283-285* M 406-409* M 408 M 396-405* M 408 M 399-400 M 245* M 248-250*, 254* M 385 M 285-288* M 383 M 384 M 409 M 273*
Fire tools;

M 44 E 13 M 247 M 230 M 315

248

Welding

bed linen board for

clothes-horse for electric irons for

embroidery
iron, care

and use

H H H E 107-110, H H
. .

327 315 318 243* 329 316

GUIDE AND INDEX

Ironing

179
PAGE

Continued

iron holders iron-stand lace process scorched places starch sticking, to prevent table linen wax, cloths and paper

H 317 H 318 H 330 H 326-327 H 335 H 335 H 327 H 318

C
558
518 337* 343*

Ironwood
characteristics

Irrigation

book about
Chinese treadmill device Persian wheel device

A B B

Jabot
Irish crochet
.

Jack fagots
Jack-in-the-pulpit description of

342-344* 362

K
G

344

Jacket. See Crocheting Jai-a-U (Pelota)

K
.

376
11

Jam
thimbleberry

Japan barberry hedge shrub Japan quince hedge shrub

Japanese clematis
characteristics

357 357
365 362
331

Japanese fan ball Japanese hop

characteristics

K
G
G G
A
A

Japanese snow flower

characteristics

356 356

Japanese snowball
characteristics Jardiniere. See Plant stand Jelly

barberry jelly green grape jelly Jerusalem cherry tree, indoor plant

17 15 197
126

Jew

fish

catching Jewel box copper work

Jeweler's tools.

M
See Tools

107-115*

180

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
See Silver work

Jewelry.

Joe Pye weed

habits and characteristics story of name

G G

349 348
88

Johnny cake

camp cooking
Joints

K
D
C
C

butt

clamping mitre joints

dado
dovetail blind

251* 144* 236*, 255*

256*

box
half-blind lap single single open

314*, 256*

doweled gained or housed gluing mitre joints halved

lap joint

hopper
joint edge, definition of

kinds and construction

lap lock mitre lap mortise and tenon blind

draw boring
end
reHshed through notched rabbeted

rubbed joint
spUce or scarf
stretcher

tongue and groove

trick

256* 253* C 313-314* C 256* D 148*, C 251 C 255* 140-141*, 144-146* C 232-234 C 253* 147* C 251* C 186 D 140-141*, 143-148* C 251, 253*, 256* C 255* 143-146* 232-234*, C 256* C 250*, D 147*, 154* C 255* C 415 C 256* C 256* C 255* C 255* C 255* C 251* C 257* C 256* C 257* C 257*

C C

Jonquil
narcissus family

planting and blooming time

169 178

July

blooming plants June blooming plants

G
G

365
365

GUIDE AND INDEX

K
Kale
planting and care time to plant Keel. See Boat building Kelvin, Lord and the Atlantic cable Kennels. See Dogs

181
PAGE

G G
E

299 234

66

Kensington

stitch

flower embroidery Kentucky coffee tree

N
H
G G

178-179* C 560
124, 134

Kerosene
cleaning

woodwork

lighting fires with

231

Kerosene emulsion
insecticide receipt

284, 289 294, 295

Key
Key
Kiln

rack carving design

whittling.

C C

123 12-14*

tag

whittling Kick the stick

(Game)

K
C

14*

363

lumber kiln method

portable pottery kiln

D
B
a business

524-525 299-301*

Kilowatt converting into H. P. hour Kindling wood

cutting

B 125 E 41
A A
404-408

and

collecting as

King

Alfred.

See Alfred, King

456, 457

Kingbird
insect eater

migration King of the castle (Game)

Kitchen
chairs cleaning weekly clock curtains
floors

furnishings

hooks house plan

light fixtures

196 110 199 H 198 191-193 11 188-200 II 198

K K H H H

176 364

D
11

ornament
rugs shelves sink
size

H
11

H
II II

10 199 199 193 197 194 188

182
Kitchen
Continued

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
tables walls and

See also

woodwork Ranges

H H
C

194 189

Kitchen utensils aluminum, advantages and care bread board, making

care of materials
selection

H 200-207 H 202, 206 H

B
222-223* 205 201 203, 207 C 272*

H H

sugar scoop and ladle, making See also Soldering Kites aeroplane kite, making

185-200 84-87*
i

American Malay
launching

making
box kites
launching

C C
B

92 86*

making
bridle, fastening
cellular,

making

Chinese, designs coverings, importance of

detail

drawings
kite,

Eddy
flying

making

principle of groups, flying joining sticks

lines

191, C 92 B 189-191* C 88*, 91* B 191-192*, C 91-92* C 96 C 94 C 91* C 86* C 88-90 B 185-189* B 192*, C 90 C 84-85, 87*

making
materials

187-195,

photographing by means of
record flight
reels for
sails

shape
tailless
tails,

stability, principle of

principle of

tandem
making war kites, making wind velocity table Knife. See Knives Knife box making
tetrahedral,

C 88 84-96* 85, 88, 94 B 194 B 185-187 C 88 C 85 B 188 C 94 C 84-95 B 188 C 95* C 92-94* B 193* B 198

223-226*

Knife work. See Whittling; Wood carving; Knights of the Round Table. See Round Table Knitting

351-371*


GUIDE AND INDEX
Knitting

183
PAGE

Continued

baby hood baby vest

basket stitch bootees doll's cap doll's cape
doll's jacket doll's leggings

German method
lace pine pattern materials for

patterns

shawl
finishing edge

long

wide
stitches

basket stitch binding off

casting off casting on
.

popcorn purhng washing widening the row Knives

butcher knife, forging
steel,

N N N N N N N N N N N N 357 N 356-358 N 358, 359 N 358* N 354-356 N 354-356 N 351* N 356* N 353* N 332 N 355

366-368* 368 358* 363-366* 362* 360* 360-362* 363* 352* 369-371 351 360-371*

washing

354-357* 184

H
A

whittling Knot holes

6*

how made
Knots
raffia
silk,

442

knotting
cotton, or linen

271-275*

N^275-277

Knuckle

See also Sewing of veal

Kodak
Kohlrabi
planting and care

H K
G
L

270 304

300

Labeling. See Insects Collections; Labels for plant markers, making

Plants

Collections;

Shells

Lace and

lace

making

basting braid Brussels stitch, single and double

buttonholed bar

Connemara
dyeing lace

lace

G58 N 227-241* N 227, 228 N 229, 231* N 233* N 235-237*

H
331,

238

184
Lace and lace making
edge finishing fan stitch
fagotting.

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

foundation stitch, mesh or net

Honiton apphque
braids for Irish crochet lace

knitted lace, pine pattern

Limerick darning maltese cross, design over handing on

point lace
Brazilian

Renaissance
rolling

and whip stitching on spider stitch Teneriffe or Brazilian point twisted bar stitch

washmg
whitening

N N N N N N N N N N H H

N N N

234 232* 229* 230 237 236-238 333-350* 369-371 234 233* 15* 227 238-241* 227 22 231-232* 238-241* 124*, 233 330 331
140 364 158-159

N N N N N

Lacquer
for brass

M
K

Lacrosse

Ladder

stitch

Lady bug,
value to farmers

K
B

168

Lakes
tides

228

Lamb
cuts and their uses food value

combinations
table

H H H

270
259 253

See also Sheep

Lamp
copper work, electric lamp
steel base,

making

wrought iron

making
shade holder

M 92-96* M 401-403* M 396-405* M 399

H H
136 137

Lamp,

oil

care of

trimming wicks

Lamp

shade copper work

glass for See also

M 96-99* M 400
.

Land

drainage.

Candle shade See Drainage

Landscape gardening
formal gardens

351-367 G 357


GUIDE AND INDEX
Landscape gardening
flower gardens garden furnishings

185
PAGE

Continued

hedges
helping nature

360-362 G 363 G 357 G 363

lawns
flowers,

what and where to plant

treatment of points to observe

principles of

360 352 362-363

G G

purpose
screening unsightly places shrubs grouping
selection principle table of. summer house, location trees, selection and grouping
.

G G G
G

351 357 362

vines

water garden wild flower garden See also Flower gardening; Gardening; Shrubs; Trees Lantern metal work Lantern wheel

354-355 G 357 G 355-356 G 363 353-354, 357 G 359 G 362 G 362

M
C

Lap

joints

405-406* B 322* 251, 253*

Laplace, Pierre

Simon

Corpuscular theory of light

E
C

344

Larch
characteristics

530

Larkspur background plant

characteristics oriental, characteristics

sowing and blossoming time

varieties

320 365 G 333, 335 G161, 320 G 319, 320

G G

Larva. See Insects Last tag (Game)

K
D
B
Gasolene motors

370

Lathe

tools

Lattice

making work Launch launchmg the boat

rules for running See also Boat building;

^I 300-306

209-211*

134, 137-138

74-75

Laundry work
appliances blankets bluing

H
II 11

i>24,

removing
boiling clothes

312-320 328 IS, 320 H 334

II ^^-^

186
Laundry work

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

chamois gloves
clothes basket clothes line, care of clothes pins, care of colored clothes curtains

economizing electric washing machinery embroidery emergencies freezing weather hanging out clothes
knitting
lace

H 331 H 315 H 314 H 314 H 324 H 328-329 H 333

H
E
329,

H H

and crochet work

muddy water
poles for rinsing clothes schedule for wash days silk clothes soaking clothes

soap
soiled clothes, care of

sorting clothes sprinkling and folding clothes starch starching clothes

stormy days
stove
tubs, care of

wash board wash boiler, care wash stick

washing process white clothes woolens
wringer See also Ironing

of

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H

241-243* 136-137 333-336 H 334 323, 325 332 330 334 H 315 323 106 325 H 322 319 321 318 325-327 319 323 333 315 313 '. H 313 313 314 321-322 321 324 314

N H H

H H H

Lavender growing Lavender stick making

G
A

327

Lawn Lawn Lawn Lawn

bowling bowls

hockey

424-427* 366 365 367

K K K

mower
skittles

care of

Lawn Lawn
Lawns

K
A

432-433 368-370

tennis.

See Tennis
169, 434

crocuses in


GUIDE AND INDEX
Lawns Continued embankment wall, making flowers in, what and where
grading landscape gardening

187
PAGE

to plant

G 73 G 360 G 74 G 352
A
432-433

mowing
rolling

Layering plants Laying the table. Lazy tongs

.
.

G 75 G 250
See Setting the table

B
steel oxidation

313*

Lead
bath to prevent
soldering

M
D
A

284, 291

44

Leaded

glass

cutting

and soldering

Leaf hopper Leaf mold

196-197* G 293

making
Leaks.

421-424
347 385 83-90* 83, 85* 87-90 N 89 324-328* 342-345* 338-340* 331-334* 88, 89 88 D 322 N 86 336-338* D 330*

See Plumbing
.
.

Leap frog
Spanish fly Leather work applique applying designs
articles

321-345*,

N N N

K K

made

from, Ust

belt designs

and tooling

book cover
card case cover for note book
cutting
for tracing decoration, principles of

D D D D

dampening
designing

desk pad knots

lining articles

mat, design and tooling

paste, receipt for

N
tooling

D 339, 341 D 328-330*

88, 95, 96

pasting pen wiper, designs planning a skin polishing purse

skins suitable for stitching by hand tinting tooled leather

and

embossing with die paste, receipt for polishing

process

-85, 89 330-331* 84* N 96 D 340-342* 83-85*, 92 322, t) 333-335* N 96 N 91-97* N 93 N 95, 96 N 96 326-328*, N 92-94

188

GUIDE AND INDEX

Leather work, tooled leather

relief

Continued
D
329*,

PAGE
93-95* 95 92 323-324*, N 91*, 96* N 87, 92

work
with paste

filling

Russia calf for

tools

N N

tracing the design

Leaves
blue printing giving off water
simple,

G
C

compound and doubly compound

361 245 543*

Leek
germination per cent Left overs
utilizing

233
355

H
G G G

Legumes
value as plant food

223 333 196 255 357 359 418

347*

Lemon

lily

characteristics

Lemon
Lemons

tree,

ponderosa

food value preserving in water

removing stains with

Letter copying devices Letter opener

H H H
B

copper work
Letter rack carving

D
D
C

copper work two compartments, making and carving Lettering. See Gilding Letters. See Embroidery Lettuce cabbage lettuce
cos lettuce

112-117* 346-347* 109-112*

food value going to seed

H
G G
G

G G

head lettuce
planting seed depth to plant distance to plant how to sow the seed indoor planting time quantity to plant time to plant seed age for planting germination per cent germination period succession crops transplanting

306 306 255 307 306

42, 235

G 42 G 95 G 233 G 36 G 234
.

G 34 G 233 G 32 G 307 G 101

GUIDE AND INDEX

Lever

189
PAGE

arms
double lazy tongs
principle of rule for power

B
B

B 23* 25-27 B 313* 21-28* B 63

Library tables. Lice

chicken
lice

See Tables

cauliflower pests

G
A
149,

powder
plant lice Life insurance

receipt

289 148 201 284

advantages and disadvantages for saving See Hoisting machinery Light ancient theory of color dependent upon wave length electro-magnetic theory emission theory a form of vibration theories held by eminent scientists
Lifting machinery.
velocity

H
E

83

342

E315 E 346 E 345

B

waves
length of Lighting economizing bills reading meters See also Electric lighting; Gas lighting Lightning
arrester

E 343 343-346 249-251, E 311 E 310 B 251, E 315

E
,

236 238-240*

H
E B B

weather symbol

why lightning Lilac characteristics Lily

Lily-of-the- valley

is

seen before thunder

is

heard

292* 362 249

G G G G G

356
179 333

red speciosum, planting and blooming time white day lily

characteristics
false

365 345 255 297

Lima bean
food value planting

H
G

Lime
disinfectant protecting vines from insects See also Soil

H
N
G

^1^

G118
34
216

Limerick darning Limestone formation of

190
Limestone Continued road material Linden
Linen.
characteristics See Doilies;

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

G
C
560,

85

367

Loning;

Table linen

Linen chest

making
Lingerie hat eyelet work

377-380*
169* 171-174

making and trimming

Links.

See Chains; Cuff links

Linoleum
care of Liquids
boiling point Living expenses. See Housekeeping Living-room

191

H
D
D
G

277

furniture

50-53*
61

arrangement

Loam
meaning of Loaves and fishes: story
Lobster
boiled color

220

food value

H 32 H 292 H 292 H 254

C
255*

Lock joints Lockjaw cause and prevention

Locks
escutcheon plates, making See also Door hasp

248-249
410-414*

Locomotives
boilers link motion valve gear

B B
C

117 317

Locust
durability of black locust wood varieties and characteristics

565,

494 367
101

Log cabin woods for making Lombardy poplar Looms. See Bead work; Weaving
Loops for buttonholes Lotus, American
characteristics

K
G

353, 367

62*

Luge-ing (Game) Lumber and lumbering

G
C C A

366 371

"boom'*
clear lumber curls or eyes, cutting logs

how made

520 499 443 100


GUIDE AND INDEX
.

191
PAGE

Lumber and lumbering

defects, detecting

Continued

C
C

drive

drying
estimating, problems in kiln-dried

524,

knot holes, how made knots versus strength length, standard log jams measuring ; old method of sawing plain sawed

524-530 C 520 C 495 504-509 132-133 A 442 C 497 C 499

C C C

quarter-sawed
railroad consumption saw mills
.

D D
C C

521 503 136* 131* 131* 517

seasoning shakes shearing shrinkage, principle of

thickness, standard volume of business in United States warping, principle of waste in cutting waste in saw mills

524-525,

522 132 C 530 C 496 528-530 C 498

C517 C 527* C 512

C
522-523

winding lumber
See also Forestry; Trees; Lumber rack

C
Wood

531

making
Luncheon: story

152-154* 32

M
Macaroni
food value

H
.

254

McCray, Arthur H.
Profits of bee-keeping

333-336

Machine shop
equipping to run by electric power E 226, 229-231 Machinery, See Capstan; Engines; Gas and oil engines; Gasolene motors; Locomotives; Mechanical movements; Motorcycles; Sewing machines; Steam engine; Tools; Typewriters; Water wheels; Wheels; Windmills Mclntyre, Flora How I earned two hundred dollars A 331-333 Mackerel 253 food value Madeira embroidery. See Eyelet work Magazine cover 94* tooled Magazine rack D 52* design

192

GUIDE AND INDEX

Magazine rack, design Continued and construction

PAGE

wood
Maggots

finish

165-170* D 237

garden pests

291

Magic lantern. Magnesia

See Stereopticou

cleaning properties

H
E E

332
14

Magnet
earth as a magnet
iron poles

how to retain magnetism See also Electro-magnet

steel,

13-14 E 28* E 28

Magnetic field about electric currents

E 13 E 353*
E
9,

dynamo
effect

upon a magnet
See

E
C
489

11-13 353*

Magnetos.

Dynamos

Mahogany
Maids. Mallet
imitation stain See Servants
carpenter's tool

D
C

230

metal worker's tool Maltese cross drawing

200* 8*

making pattern Mandrake. See May apple Mandrel

lace

27* 233*

M
B
maple

Manifolding devices

154*. 209 418, 421

Manures.

See Fertilizers

Maple
box elder or ash-leaved characteristics

moose wood mountain Norway maple

qualities of

C C C C
C
547,

548 544 548 548

red or

swamp maple
maple

G 367 G 78 G 367
A
C

seeds, value of
silver, white, or soft

sugar or rock maple

545,

G
C

sycamore

47 546 367 547

Maple sugar and syrup

boiling

down

bonbons books about

colors, changes in food value

identifying trees

A 75 77-78 A 516 A 75 H 254 A 71

GUIDE AND INDEX

Maple sugar and syrup
Continued proportion of syrup to sugar sap care when running
ingredients states that have sugar trees straining
.

193
PAGE

76

sugar making

equipment and preparation Indian methods primitive and modern methods

tapping trees
testing

A 73 A 75 A 69 A 76 C 546 A 72 A 69

A A

when

boiling

weather for making

70-71 72-74 A 76 A 74

Marathon race
championship Marble
composition

K
G

371

216 346 373 372 373

175 364

Marbles
first

shot "fat'*
of

names
reals

playing

March
birds

K K K K K
G
E

blooming plants Marconi, Guglielmo

inventor of wireless telegraph Marguerites bedding plants Marigold
African, characteristics characteristics

316, 346

G
G G G G G G

324

good blooming plant

marsh marigold,

characteristics

planting seeds pot marigold, characteristics

332 330 323 366 158 329, 331

sowing and blossoming time

varieties Marine engines.

G161
157

See Gasolene motors; Steam turbines

Marketing
principles of buying quantities, consideration of staples, buying of See also Names of articles, also Beef; Shad, etc. Markets in Venice

H
.

264-273 H 265 H 272 H 272

e.

g..

Fish; Meats; Vegetables;

etc.,

H
N
N

264

Marking
bath towels combination stitches
cross stitch
150*, 156

emblems, bullion

150-157* N 156 154-156

194
Marking

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued
featlier-sti telling

French knots
ladder stitch

monograms
napkins
outlining

N N N

papier-mache letters table and bed linen

Marquetry work

Marsh rabbit Martha

Martin
Masonry.
migration See Cement; Foundations; Retaining walls
safe

'

156 150 158-159 152-154 156, 157 150* 156 157 C 328 A 509 382-387

N N

N N N

176

Match
Match

copper work
scratchers

81-82*

drawing and making Matches

invention of

C B
C

38*

272

Mathematics

woodwork mathematics Mats

corn husk for braiding tooled leather, designs and process woven rattan See also Rugs

498-509

63

328, 329* 247*, 249

Matt

tool definition of

M
H
N
B

210
131

Matting
cleaning

Mattress

making

for doll-bed

corn husks for Maxim's, aero-curves Maxwell, James Clark

scientist

50-52* A 63 166-167*

341 175 365 345

May
birds

K
A
for curdled 23,

blooming plants

May

apple

G G

Mayonnaise remedy

Meadow
Meals

lark

migration

H K
A

356
176 89

Meadow mushroom
clearing the table effect of mental attitude during

H H

176 247

preparation

GUIDE AND INDEX

Meals, preparation

195
PAGE

Continued
H

advance
sequence of work
serving courses dessert course duties of waitress
finger

308 305-308

bowls
first

who
Meat

to serve

without a maid Measures. See Weights and Measures

boiling whole braising broiling buying principles

H 170 H 172 H 169-172 H 172 H 172 H 174-176 H 278 H 280 H 275-276 H 266 K 90 H 285 H 268* H 250 H 252 H 270 H 355 H 267 H 282 H 280
.

camp cooking
cooking, preparation for cuts of food value table _ judging condition of left overs names of parts roasting stewing See also Beef; Fish; Lamb;
.

Mutton; Pork; Poultry; Veal

23-39* 28-30* 24-27* B 339 C 34* C 395-396* C 38* 210-211*, C 19*, 112-114* C 390, B 339 C 24-30* C 29*

Mechanical drawing
circles

crosses

C C C

curves
cylinder and cones design for filing cabinet for match scratcher
ellipse

enlarging or reducing drawings

first

lessons

hexagon and star Mechanical drawing Instruments compass proportional compasses

triangle,

B
C C C C C

to use cyclograph for describing circular arcs

how

339* 28-30
339*

drawing board

how

to use

making
drawing table, making irregular or French curves, making making an outfit pantagraph

23-25* 381-383* 391-394* C 387 381-398

making

388-391*

196
Mechanical drawing

GUIDE AND INDEX

Instruments, pantagraph Continued

C C

PAGE

how to use section liners

T-square

B C

325* 387

making
to prevent warping use of triangles, constructing

384-386* C 394

24

views and dimensions Mechanical movements

anti-friction bearing

386-388* C 32-34*

balance, principle of balance spring

B 326* B 25 B
330-331* B 347* B 326*

capstan
centrifugal check hooks circular motion

continuous
intermittent variable

combination compasses

compound, definition crank motion

cyclographs for describing circular arcs diagonal catch and hand gear disk-engine driving feed rolls endless bands feed motion fulcrum, principle of Geneva stop

B 323* 321-324* B 321* B 327-328* B 339 B 306 B 312 B 339* B 315, 316 B 334* B 316* B 336* B 337* B 21-28* B 319* B
313* 329 314* 307-308*, 336* B 334-335* B 338* B 319-321* B 322* B 347* B 317-318* B 307 B 333-334* B 325* B 338* B 332-333* B 331-332* B 329-330*

governor
centrifugal

engine

water wheel
grinding or crushing

B B B

gyroscope hyperbolas
irregular

motion

lantern wheel
lewis

link-motion valve gear

number of oscillating engines

pantagraph
parabolas
parallel motion parallel ruler, mechanism

pendulums
perpetual motion
definition

306

GUIDE AND INDEX

Mechanical movements, perpetual motion
impossibility of pulleys ratchet wheel
rectilinear motion releasing hook
rollers, principle of

197
PAGE

Continued
E B B

rolling contact

rotary rotary engines intermittent

...

simple, definition speed, changing steering gear stop and rotary motion toe and lifter tongs for lifting tread mills turbine, Jonval
.

water wheels B windmills weight, lever and fulcrum See also Mechanics; Pumps Mechanical powers. See Inclined plane; Lever; Mechanics; Pulley; Screw; Wedge; Wheel and axle Mechanical toys. See Toys

234-237 309-310* 322-324* B 312* B 326* B 28 B 318* B 312* B 340* B 322* B 306 B 328* B 346 B 319* B 329* B 348* B 337* B 341* 341-344* B 346* B 23-28*

Mechanics first mechanical power B 21 problems in estimating mechanical power B 82 progress of mechanical arts B 271-277 six mechanical powers defined B 63-64 See also Aeroplanes; Electric power; Engines; Gasolene motors; Inclined planes; Kites; Lever; Mechanical drawing; Mechanical movements; Perpetual motion; Power; Pulley; Pumps; Screw; Water wheel; Wedge; Wheel and axle
Medicinal plants
digitalis

from foxglove

golden seal

pokeweed weeds
Medicine cabinet making with paneled doors

A A A

G
C

57 57 58 272

354-357*

Melon
origin

307

planting seed

depth and distance

quantity to plant time to plant
seed

G 42 G 36 G 234
G
34

age for planting

See also Muskmelon; Watermelon

198
Mending and Menus

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
repairing.

See Patching; Soldering

combinations and varieties selection for ease in cooking

variety, essential See also Diet; Food;

H H
E

244-263 259-260 H 308 262

Marketing
155-156*

Mercury vapor lamps Metal work

alloys.
.

andirons, forging belt buckle, designs bending process blotter pad, corners for bossing up

M M M M M M

208 363-370*
195* 315 122-124* 208,419

M M M

bowl

making Dutch bowls

finger bowls

13*, 16-22*

brazing metals chasing coloring metals blue black heating process

oxidizing silver patina, imitation solution for
violet

corners for chest

for desk

pad

decorative forgings, suggestions

metal work
definitions of terms

designing patterns
die

making

door handles, making door knockers door pulls drawer pulls

designs

77-79* 133-135* 310-315 209 357 205 203 204 202 204 203 116 122-124* D 364 410-419* 208-211 13-14* 206-208 406, 407, 416*, 417 410-415* 415*

making
drawing process embossing
process engraving process escutcheon plate etching eye bolt
facets
.

oval
flux

forming process

M M 144* M 417-419* M 315 M 30, 31 M 361 M 361 M 412* M 362 M 415, 418 M 22* M 39 M 209 M 315

M M M M M M

M D M M M M M M M


GUIDE AND INDEX
Metal work Continued hammering
handles cedar chest
.

199
PAGE

2*, 30, 39

crum scraper
hinges cabinet cedar chest copper or silver fine hinges
riveting to

box

tube hinges binding tubes in place

wings, making impressing
inlaying lanterns
letter
lids
.

openers

M 59*,
,

lock plates

molds

makmg

value of pickling metals planishing processes other than smithing operations repairing by brazing repousse
'

definition

design
ring and ring post for riveting

box

handles iron tongs

process
rivets,

M 116 M 136* M 106* M \iq M 100-106* M 103* M 114* M 101-103* M 105* M 104* M 361 M 362 M 405-406* M 128* 62*, 120, 139 M 105, 116 M 27-28* M 31 M 210 M 210 M 361-363 M 314 M 210 M 30* M 120 M 73-77* M 88 M 288* M 73, 76*
ISl 77 364-365* 208-211

making

splitting iron or soft steel tools for

trimmings
for cedar chest for cigar box tubing for hinges, making

M 362, M 5-15*, M M
^NI

twisting process upsetting, definition

wire, reducing size of See also Annealing; Blackiimilliiug;

115-117* 115-117* 101-103* ^1 315 315

M M

101

Candlestick; Copper work; Enamel and Enameling; Fire tools; Forging; Ironwork; Silver work; Soldering; Steel; Tempering; Tools;
i>rass

work;

Welding
Meteorology.
ter;

See Barometer; Hail; Lightning; Rain;

Thermome-

Weather

200
Meter.
See Ammeter;

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Electric-meters;

Gas-meters;

Voltmeter;

Wattmeter
Metric system

Mexican drawnwork Mice

as pets pests

500-503 N 211*

K H
B

184 361

Microbes
tetanus

249

Mignonette annual
characteristics

choosing and planting sowing and blossoming time

G G G

322 330 158

161

Mildew removing Milk

stains

boiling point

book about
food value
goat's milk, value

H
.

277 517 250, 254

H H
A A A

359

marketing removing ink and rust stains with

testing for butter fat sanitary and unsanitary Milking machine. Electric Milkweed (Prickly lettuce)
class

methods

of milking

....

115 247 359 A 243 245-247 E 54

and seed time

distribution of seed

G G
B

Mimeograph
Minerals
collecting

278 273 416

156
326*

K
hook

Mining machinery
centrifugal check

Mink
breeding season
skin
stretching

A
A

483
507

value skinning trapping

A
A

484, 506

A 507* 483-484
132-133*

Minnows
catching Mirrors. See Glass Mission furniture

book

case,

clock case, foot rests,

library

making making making table, making

C 352 C 277-278* C 374, 375*

C C C
360-367* 361-376 372-373*

making
plant stands, making

GUIDE AND INDEX

Mission furniture
Continued
tabourette, making tea table, making .^ umbrella rack, making writing desk, design

201
PAGE

C C

308-310* 367-372* C 375* C 375*

Mission oak finish

Mississippi River

D
across

231

proposed
Mitchell,

dam

246
163

Frank

Success with chickens

A
C C
232-234*, 256*,

Mitre box

making and testing

Mitred joints.

228-231* 143-146*

Model house.

See Architecture Modeling. See Pottery Molasses food value

H
A A A

254

Mole
fur habits

trapping Mollusks
preserving specimen

491 489 489-491

374
197

Money. See Accounts; Allowances; Income Mongolian pheasants

Monogram
embroidering

N
B

152-154
171-173* 75-83*

Monoplane
construction of toy model, making

Months
lunar and calendar

B B B B B B B

214 229 229 214 216 215* 216

Moon
diameter
distance from earth
light, origin

orbit

phases
rotation See also Tides Moon flower
characteristics

G
G

331

Moon

vine value

359
^

Moore, D. McFarland
inventor of

Moore

electric

Moore lamp

light

^
^"^

^^^ ^^^

Mops
kinds and uses
^^ ^^^

Morels

mushrooms

86

208
Morning glory
characteristics

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

G G

331

sowing and blossoming time

value Morris, William
rule for household possessions

G161
359
115

Morris chair
construction designs history of designs

wood

finish

D 188-193* D 50*, 189* D 188 D 37

Morrison, Arthur budget of housekeeping expenses Morse, Samuel Finley Breese inventor of the telegraph Mortise and tenon joints

H
E
C

78

60

250*, i55*, 256*, 415

Mosquitoes book about

breeding places enemies of
eradicating protection from, in camping

519 474 168 475, A 473-475 70

K K
G

A A

Moss pink
characteristics

364

Moths
baiting
collecting and collecting time

A
mounting

400-402,

K K
A

development from the egg

how they come

pests

out of the cocoon

153-154 151-153 A 388 393-395 A 347 362

See also Silkworm Motion. See Mechanical movements Motor boat. See Boat building; Gasolene motor;

Launch

Motor

cycles

engines

387-391*

Motors. See Aeroplanes; Automobiles; Dynamos; Electric motors; Gasolene motors; Locomotives; Steam engines; Engines; Vacuum cleaner; Water wheel Molding. See Metal work; Pottery

Molds
concrete block molds concrete furniture molds
die

making

metal work Mount Mellick stitch Mountain climbing

healthfulness of

M M 27-28,
N

243 202 206-208

31

143
17

K
B

Mountains snow line

368

GUIDE AND INDEX

Mounting specimens.
See Insects; Plants; Seaweed

203
PAGE

Mouse

club

membership Movements. See Mechanical movements Moving toys. See Toys

Muffins

K
H
A

184

mixing ingredients Mulberry leaves

food for silkworms Mullein, moth class and seed time habits and characteristics

302
337
278 347 374

Mumblety peg Mushrooms

book about
chanterelles, identifying

K
A

G G

A 516 A 89
84, 87

cooking coprinus comatus

coral fungi

90

cookmg
identifying edible varieties
.

food value inky caps, identifying

meadow mushrooms
morels, identifying and gathering oyster mushrooms, identifying

87 86 83*, 85-92 255 A 90 A 89 A 86*

A A

propagation
puff balls

A91 A 88
A
A
84
83-84, 87-89

cooking
identifying
varieties

shaggy manes where to get information about

88-89 A 90

A91
^
^^^

Music
transmitted by telephone Musical instruments. See Organ; Piano; Pipe organ; Telharmuumm

Musk
characteristics

^31
'^^^
^^'^'^

Muskmelon
American, outdoor planting
English,

how grown

807-30S

food value indoor planting time seeds, germination per cent

^
^^ ^'

^^'^
^^^^

Muskrat book about

food
fur,

value houses river trapping

A A A A
^

519 509
491

o03
''^^

204
Muskrat

GUIDE AND INDEX

Continued

PAGE

and baiting traps skinning skins, value swamp trapping trapping season Mustard, wild class and seed time
setting

A A A A A A

504 507* 506 503 492 504

278

Mutton
cuts

and

their uses

food value, table

H H
H
G

My

heritage
characteristics

270 253 63-68

365

Myrtle

N
Nail puller

making
Nails boxes for, making cabinet for, making driving into plaster walls holding power sinking nails

M
C C
.

353*

206-209* 209-212* C 246 B 46-47 C 208*

Napkin marking
See also Table linen

N
copper work

157

Napkin

rings

silver or

191-192*

Naphtha
cleaning properties Narcissus easy to grow poets narcissus, planting and blooming time varieties distinguished water bulbs

H
G G G

332

G G
G

166 177 169 168, 175

Nasturtium
characteristics .^ dwarf, characteristics

323. 328, 329, 332

G
A

332

planting Natural resources conservation

83, 156

by specimen
Nature study

collectors

92-94 362

keeping a diary making a beginning

K K

methods
mineral collections
practical side

148-149 144-150 150 156 167

K K K

GUIDE AND INDEX

Nature study
Continued

205
PAGE

water life water telescope

See also Insects;
Plants;
Shells;

K
Silkworm

158-167

159

Necklace
silver

work
See Ties

M
A
Bead work; Braiding; CrochetIrish crochet;

166-170*

Neckties.

Needham, John
Reclaiming a spring Needlecase
280-282

making
Needlecraft.
ing;

N
See Basket making;

46-47*

Drawnwork; Dressmaking; Embroidery;

Knitting;

Lace making; Leather work; Sewing

Nemophila
characteristics

G
E
water specimen

Nernst lamp Nets

331 157 151* 158*

butterfly net
collector's net for

K K
A

making, for insect collecting

376-378

Newspapers
cleaning lamps with polishing glass with Newton, Sir Isaac corpuscular theory of light

H H
B

138 134

theory of tides

E 344 217-218

Newts
taming Nigger baby (Game) Nile River

K
B

266 381

dam across Nitrates plant food

for

247
223 224 196

G
soil

10, 221,

sandy

Norfolk Island pine

Norway

pine.

See Pine
stick

red

G G

Notched joints Notched trophy

C 255* C 11*
A
A
456

Nut hatch
Nutrition.

insect destroyer

See Diet; Food

Nuts
beech nuts book about chinquapins food value grading for market growing from seeds hazel nuts

37-39

H
A

A 516 A 32
255 42 43-46 A 46 33-35

206
Nuts
Continued hickory nuts pecans pine nuts
tree seeds care of

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

A
A

39

use of

walnuts

40-43 A 29 A 46 A 48 A 46 35-37

Nuts (Iron)
forging

M
O

244-246*

Oak
antique, stain for

black jack or barren oak, characteristics black or yellow, characteristics chestnut oak, characteristics
durability of

wood

Flemish oak stain forest green oak finish fuming golden oak finish gray oak stain
laurel oak, characteristics live oak, characteristics mission oak finish

mossy-cup or bur oak, characteristics oak gall

pin oak, characteristics post or iron oak, characteristics

quahty

of

quarter-sawed
red, characteristics scarlet, characteristics
stains, list of

swamp

white oak, characteristics weathered oak stain

white, characteristics willow oak, characteristics

489 554 554 552 494 D 231 D 232 233-234 D 229 D 232 C 555 G 367 231 C 551 147 C 553, G 367 C 552 G 79 131-132 551*, C 552 C 553 C 482 C 552 D 233 C 549-551 C 554

C C C C C

Oats

depth to plant seeds

Obelisks

G
B

235

moving
Occupations berry picking
best

56-57

ways

of earning

money

A 8-13 A 3-6

birds, attracting

carriage cleaning character building

choosing

455-461 A 408 A 6-7 A 6

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Occupations

207
PAGE

Continued
A A
A

cider vinegar, making collecting Christmas greens collecting insects collecting plants collecting tree seeds collecting useful plants, flowers, grasses, etc collecting wood for rustic furniture corn, drying corn, selecting seed fall work, list of forest fires, preventing game preserve, creating grape juice making harvesting nature's crops

412-417

50-57

374-403 94-99, 349-374 A 46-50 A 57-69

A410

A A A A A

427-428 410-412*

keeping bees ; kindhng wood, gathering lavender sticks, making leaf mold, making making brooks and springs useful maple sugar making mosquitoes and flies, exterminating mushroom gathering nuts, gathering and growing

odd jobs
orchard work outdoor worker's library raising animals for pets raising domestic animals silkworms, raising

snow shoveling spring work, list of

467-468 464-467 417-421 A 8-99 A 287-336 A 404-408 A 424 A 421-424 .A 271-286 A 69-78 A 473-478 A 83-94 A 29-45 A 404-448 A 409* A 516-519 A 203-240 A 100-202 A 337-348 A 431-432
.

summer work,

list

of

A A

6 5

tennis court, making training animals

trapping weeds, killing wild fruit, gathering winter work, list of year-round, list of See also Housekeeping Ocean. See Tides

.A
A

A A

428-431 241-270 478-512 469-473 A 14-29

A A A

5 6

Odd

jobs

404-448

Oersted, Hans Christian discovery of magnetic action of currents discoverer of magnetic field about an electric current

E 14 E 353
92-93

Ohm, George Simon Ohm's law

...

Oil cloth as a floor covering Oil engines. See Gas and oil engines

191

208
Oil furnace

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

heating steel in See Lamp, oil Oil lamp. Oil nut. See Butternut
Oilstone

M
C

290

sharpening tools

183*

Okra
germination per cent

233
372 375
255 233
291 294

Olympic games
events contested for

One

old cat

(Game)

Onion
food value indoor planting time
insect pests peeling planting seed

K K H
G G H

depth and distance to plant

quantity to plant time to plant planting sets and seed seed age for planting germination per cent germination period
soil for

G 42 G 36 G 234

309-310

G 34 G 233 G 32
G
23,

309

Open

See Outdoor life Opening the house. See Housekeeping

air life.

Opossum
bait for
skin, value

A A

509 509
255

Orange
food value

H
G
E

Orange root
Orchard.
See Fruit trees

348, 365

Organ
electric

55, 278-279*

pipe organ

telharmonium
Oriental rug

44-52 293-295

washing
Oriole insect eater
.

447

migration

K
B

457 176
163

Omithoptere flying machine Osage orange hedge shrub Osmium lamp

metal filament

G
E

357
145

Oswego tea Outdoor furniture.

G
See Furniture

333, 347

GUIDE AND INDEX

Outdoor games. Outdoor life
value of See also
See

209
PAGE

Games

sleeping outdoors

6-9, 52*

Camping
See Sports

Outdoor sports. Outdoor work

how to obtain occupations suited to the four seasons odd jobs See also Occupations Outlining. See Marking
free printed matter,

513-516 A 5 404-448

Ovens

camp ovens
clay

K
E

dampers

for regulating

Dutch
electric

reflector

temperatiu-e for baking and roasting

80-82* 81 229 81 305-308 80, 81* 282, 283

K H K

Owl
as a pet

K
A

184

Oxen
trained oxen, value of

258-259 275-276

Ovster
broiling

cleaning food value

opening
testing

H H H H

Oyster mushroom

291 253 290 291 A 91

P
Packing books
fixtures

H
woodwork

furs

and woolens

textile furnishings

349 348-349 347 348

H H H
H

Paint
cleaning

122, 124, 134

removing stains
stenciling

359 81-82

Painting (Mechanical) brushes mixing paints preparing surface

H H H
C

summer house
Palms
care of
varieties to

342 342 341 424

198 198

grow

G G

210
Panama
canal

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

cement used for Pandanus window box plant Pansy care of bed
characteristics picking flowers

246 193

G
G
G

318
319 318 319 334 325* 389*

329, 331

planting seeds to prevent running out

tufted, characteristics

G G G G
B C

Pantagraph making Pantry arrangement plan in model house See also Dish w^ashing Paper hanging
applying paste

H 177 D 12

matching and cutting putting on paper quantity of paper required removing old paper Paper knife
carving designs copper work
whittling

H H H H H
D
347*.

345 344 345 343 344

122*

C
C

34-38*, 126-128*

Papier-mache Par (Game) Parabolas

letters for

marking

121-123* 156 347

N K

describing Parasites eggplant pests Paris green

insecticide rule for mixing

338*

G
G

305

282, 285, 288, 290, 292

130

Paris sewers described

by Victor Hugo

Parsley planting seed

H G
G

216 310

depth to plant
distance to plant
in a

42, 235

box

quantity to plant time to plant

seed

G 42 G 164 G 36 G 234

age for planting germination per cent

Parsnips food value planting seed

G 34 G 233

H
G

255 310

GUIDE AND INDEX

Parsnips, planting seed time to plant wild parsnips, class Partridge

211
PAGE

Continued
and seed time

G G

234 278

migration Pass it (Game) Passe partout

scheme materials and tools

color

D D D

K K

process Paste
receipt for leather

176 375 72-78* 73-74 D 75 75-78*

work

H
88, 95,

346 96

Pastry
filling pies

prevent boiling over mixing the dough soggy crust, preventing Patching square patch Patents applying for
juices, to
,

304 305 303, 304 304

H H

N
B

33-35*

200-201, 205

Canadian

caveat, provisional protection

drawings and specifications duration

fees for application in a foreign country
*.
.

B
.
.

re-issuing

time required to procure what granted for Patterns. See Embroidery; Dressmaking; Peach trees
care of seeds for planting distance to plant trees

207 206 202-205 B 205 205, 206 B 208 B 205 B 205 B 206

B B

Stenciling

G
A A A

48 258

Peacock
care and feeding of young chicks habits of the hen Indian peacock, value
raising

acquiring information about

186 186 187 185-188 A 187

Peanuts food value Pear

distance to plant trees

H H
G

256 258 255

food value

Peas
food value
insect pests

250, 255

planting seed quantity to plant

G 291 G 311 G 36

212

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

Peas, planting seed -- Continued time to plant seed

G
G

234

age for planti:.^ germination per cent germination period

33,

34 233 G 32
196 198

Peasants

German embroidery work

Russian applique work Pecan commercial value
cultivating

N N

gathering grading
polishing for market See Hammer of hammer. Pelota (Game) Pelts. See Skins

A 42, 43 A 40-41 A 41-42 A 42-43 A 43

Peen

K
C
C

376

Pen rack
design and making

117-119*

Pen tray
gouge work
2o9*, 263*

Pen wiper
tooled leather Pencil box

D
C

329-330*
106-108*

making and carving

Pencil sharpener

drawing and making Pendulum compound bar, compensation pendulum mercurial compensation pendulum

38*

B B B

330* 329*
107

Pennant
yacht pennant

Peony
annuals arrangement in the garden
Chinese, characteristics

depth to plant European, characteristics

garden, characteristics planting and blooming time

316 321 o35, 365 G 321 G 3S5 G 365 G 179

G G

Pepper
indoor planting time planting and transplanting planting seed depth and distance to plant quantity to plant time to plant seed age for planting germination per ceul

233

SI 1-312

G 42 G 36 G 234
G Si G 2G3

GUIDE AND INDEX

Continued Pepper, seed germination period
stuffing, varieties for

213
PAGE

varieties

G 32 G 312 G 312

Pepper bush, sweet

characteristics

356
160 333 333 334 335 334 316

Perennials
definition of. for cut flowers: table

fragrant: table low: table medimn height: table tall: table

G G G
G G G G
C

value of Pergola designing and building Perpetual motion

impossibility of

425-440* B 306 234-237

Persimmons
picking region grown Pests. See Household pests; Pets

A A
Insect pests;

23 22

Mice; Rats

book about
care of

housing ornamental land and water fowl

raising story of a boy's animal cage

K 170-192 451-456*, K 186 K 180-182

A A
203-240 233-235 186 A 248

517

taming wild animals trained, market value See also Bantams; Birds; Cats; Cavies; Crows; Dogs; Ducks; Gold Fish; Guinea pigs; Mice; Pigeons; Poultry; Rabbits; Raccoon; Shetland pony; Squirrels Petunia
characteristics

good bloomers sowing and blossoming time Pheasant book about

breeds coops and rearing ground
eggs, packing

G G
G
A A

329 323
161

feeding

young chicks

United States for raising migration protection from birds of prey

localities in

raising

A
England

care of mother
in

517 197 200-201 A 199 A 200 A 198 176 A 202 196-202 A 199

K
A A

serving in

German

fashion

199 197

214
Pheasant
Continued

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
varieties

K
G G G

181

See aho Guinea fowl

Phlox
characteristics late, characteristics

330, 331, 332, 365

335
161

sowing and blossoming time Phoebe bird

insect destroyers

migration

K
G
10, 221,

457 175

Phosphates plant food Photography

action of chemical waves cameras, kinds and cost

K K

dark room
developers and developing exposure
fixing
lens,

bath
importance of

focusing
negatives, preserving plates versus films printing papers

K K K K K K
K

224 301-317 E 336 303-304 309 313-315 312 314, 315 311-312 307

snap shots, taking snap shots versus real photography

subjects, choosing Piano, Electric Pickerel weed characteristics Pickles

308 315 305-307 302 310 E 54

K K

K316

K K
G

366
37

walnuts
Pickling metals
definition

Picks (tools) forging stone picks Picnic tables and benches

M M
B
. .

210
344*

making
Picture frames and framing

132-134

carbon photographs of a masterpiece, framing car\'ing designs colonial interiors in colors, framing
gluing mitred joints
joints

D D

69-72

101, 102, 130-132

D 68 144-146*

kind required mitred large photographic reproduction, framing palette photograph frame passe partout rabbeting
selecting

143-144*,

D 147 232-234* D 148

C
131

72-78* C 232* 67

GUIDE AND INDEX

Picture frames and framing shrinkage
silver

215
PAGE

Continued

work

D 146 185-186*
C C
131

staining stock, secm-ing whittling back for whittling out of solid piece Pictures cleaning decorative value

D 69. 71 D 142-143*
D

grouping and hanging hanging correctly considering space values

height to hang hooks and wires

D D D D

Japanese
Piers

way

of hanging

19-22* 64-80* 135 D 64 66-67 D 79* 64-65 D 80 78-80 65-66

foundation walls filling space between See Pastry Pies. See Swine Pig. Pig iron -, Pig pen. See Swine Pig weed class and seed time Pigeon holes. See Filing cabinet Pigeons breeds prize winners carrier pigeons
.

B B

19

76

M
G

230

278

..;....

208,

K178

characteristics

common, care
dove cote
care of

of

devotion of male

for fancy breeding

sanitary provisions

dragoons fancy pigeons for pets

feeding
fly
.

A
of wire

made

market value
nest building nest dishes nesting compartment, building net for capturing perches, making pests, guarding against

pouter
roosts,

making

rufflenecks (Jacobins)

179 180 A 207 179 A 211 A 208-209 A 215 179 A 213 178 A 207-217 179 214, A 212* 179 A 210 A 210, 211 A 209-210 A 209* A 210 A 209 178 A 210* 178

K K

K K K K

216

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

Pigeons Continued tumblers, characteristics water bath white fan tail, model See also Squabs
Pile driving machine releasing hook

208,

K
B

178 214 178

326*

Pillow

bead work
choosing cushion covers cornhusks for filling cushions
fraternity pillow lingerie pillow making for doll-bed See also Block printing; Stenciling

N N N

293 97 A 63 376 375 52

Pillow case

making for doll-bed marking Pillow shams

fasterdng

N 53* N 157 H 152

Pin
insect pins

metal work tool

M
N

380 210

Pin case

making
Pin cushion embroidered Pin tray gouge work Pine
cones, gathering and storing Georgia pine, characteristics

N
C

56*

193-196
264*

long leaf pitch pine, characteristics

red, characteristics

A 49 C 535 A 55 C 536 C 536

,

white
characteristics

strength white pine seeds gathering and curing

C C
A

535 496

marketing
yellow, characteristics

48-49 A 49 C 536

Pine needles. See Balsam Pine nuts gathering

29
329 333 364

Pink
characteristics fringed, characteristics moss pink, characteristics

G G G
A

Pioneer

life

*'goin'

plummin'"

26-29

GUIDE AND INDEX

Pipe organ
Pipes.
Pistil

217
PAGE

operating by electricity See Plumbing; Soldering;

44-52

Stove pipe;

Waste pipes

seed Pistons

making function
of

G
B

247

mechanism
Pitch block

315-316*

definition of

Pitch fork
forging Pitcher plant
characteristics Plackets. See Dressmaking Plaited skirts. See Dressmaking Plane. See Inclined plane

M M
G

210
239*

366

Planes and planing adjusting planes block plane cap iron, adjustment and use jack plane operation of the plane sharpening plane irons smooth plane use of shooting board
. .

177

C
. .

176, 178

146, 178-179,

wooden and
Planishing
definition of

iron

184* 178 133-134, 136 C 179-184* C 177* C 106* C 176*

.

C C

M
G G G
from
close planting

210

Plant breeding

budding improving seeds

layering

methods mongrel
slipping

251-254 246-248 249-251 G 249

varieties

seed selection

G 105, 145 G 225-233 G 188-190

G
199, 250-251

topping Plant food chemicals essential for

how

plants feed nitrogen

for

sandy

soil

source of

phosphorus potash
source and value of

G G
wood

221-226 G 221 G 225 G 10, 221 G 224 G 223 10, 221, 224 10, 221, 224

10

Plant stands
jardiniere of
stool

mission style, making

making

68-71* 372-373* G 53-S5*

218
Plantain

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

rib-grass, class and seed time seed production Planting tables. See Flower gardening;

G
G
Seeds;

278 274

Shrubs;

Vegetable

gardening
Plants action of chemical waves

books about
effect of light

essential parts

food manufactured and stored by herbaceous plants, definition

G
G

honey or pollen plants

leaves

336 518 G 242 G 240 242-245 G 317 A 322

E A

lice,
life

food factory functions destroying

history
labels for

making wooden

medicinal plants root-system stems, passage way studying transplanting from coldframe
useful to attract birds

242-245 G 240 284, 291, 293 G 239-248 G 58* A 57 G 240-241

and protect trees Flowers; See also Flower gardening; Gardening; Insect pests; Plant breeding; Plant food; Salad plants; Seeds; Vegetable gardening; Vegetables; also names of plants Collection and preservation Plants A 349-363 arranging specimens A 352-353 blue printing A 360-362

G 241 349-369 118, 268-270 G 101-102 A 461

A

classifying specimens drying specimens labeling specimens marketing collection mounting specimens
outfit for

A A

356-359 A 353 156 356, A 360

353-356,

K K

155

preser\'ing in covers reasons for collecting representing different stages of rules of the game

A
growth

seaweed
Play importance of Playhouse in flats and apartments
in garret in a tree

352 356 349-350, 360 A 359-360 A 362 A 362-374

A A

make

believe

K 4-5 H 3-40 H8 H5 H3 H 8, 18

GUIDE AND INDEX

Playthings

219
PAGE

make

believe

11-12

See also Toys Pleurisy root

Pliers

X.

348. 365

carpenter's tool

metal worker's tool Plug in the ring (Game)

K
G

199* 6* 376

Plum
care of seeds for planting distance to plant trees origin and distribution of wild plums value of trees in chicken yards

K H

48 258 A 24 204

Plumb-line

home-made device Plumbing

.

,.

care of, in closed houses importance of leaks, peppermint test location of pipes for housekeeper
principle of the taps, repairing traps, construction ventilation pipes See also Soldering;

and care

H H

G 114 213-223 348 219 B 254 216 216-218* B 255 217-218 319

H H H
H

Waste pipes

Pocket book. See Pm-se Point lace. See Lace making Poison Ivy
destroying Poisoning. See Lockjaw

472-473

Poker making

fire tools

M
A A
C C
Copper work; work
Enamel;
Floors;

371*

Pokeweed
roots and berries shoots as food Polish and polishing French polish wax polish

58 58

490 490

See also Brass work;

Glass; Metal Pollination of plants
ture;

Furni-

corn growing

G G

247 145

Polo
equestrian hand polo water polo wicket polo

Pompey's pillar Pond making in a

Ponderosa
indoor plant

city

back yard

377 356 392 393 B 57 134-136

K K K K
G

196

220
Pony
as a pet

GUroE AND INDEX

PAGE

203-205
367 563 G 353 G 79

Poplar Carolina
characteristics for landscape gardening

quick growers

Popp-mallow
characteristics

G G
G G G G

334

Poppy
characteristics depth to plant seeds Iceland, sowing and blossom incj time in England Oriental, characteristics

328, 331

planting

plume, chcaicc I eristics

self-sowing transplanting

235 161 271 335 84, 158 G 334 G 316 156

Porcupine

quills

how
uses

to procure

A A

68 69

Pork
cuts and their uses food value

combined with vegetables used as chicken Porterhouse steak

Portieres

H H H H H

270 253 259 358 269

bead work
stenciling

N
D
B

290-293

81

weaving designs See also Block printing Portland cement origin and uses
Portulaca

260-261

246-248

blooming plants
characteristics

G G
C

323 328

Posts preserving undergroimd See also Foundations

402

Pot rest Pot roast Potash

plant food

H
H H

68-71* 268

10, 221,

224

Potato
boiled or baked

food value
insect pests

G
A

planting seed potatoes cutting de\dce

280 255 287, 292 G 129 437-439*

GUIDE AND INDEX

Continued Potato, planting seed potatoes depth and distance to plant quantity to plant
profit

221
PAGE

from raising

spraying
soil for

Potato race Pots and pans

care of materials soldering

K
H
D

G 42 G 36 G 130 G 130 G 129

378

198, 201

201 43-45

Potted plants. See Flower gardening Pottery bat and how made "bisque," meaning

280-320* D 286 301

bowl
decorating designing and modeling candlestick, designing
clay, selecting

D D D
D D

coiling

method

concrete pottery decoration applying the design

classes

294-299* 287-294* 313-315* D 284 283, 291* 207-209*

color combinations

D D D
D D
D D D D

methods
modeling a decoration
under-glazing designing avoiding natural forms
^

testing profiles

development of
fern dish
firing

glazed pottery matt and bright glaze mixes glazing grinding the glaze
glazes,

"grog" making.
handles, making kiln, portable materials and tools

D D D

template modeling process potter's wheel versus hand method

scientific principle of

297-298 295-297* 303-304 D 294 D 298 298-299 288-290* D 290 D 290* 280-281 310-313* 299-301 D 306 D 303 301-307* D 302 D 316 D 309* D 300* 284-287* D 292* 290-292* 282-283
281 293* 294 292* 315-320*

scraping
"slip," meaning testing work tiles for tea plate

D D D D

and

fireplace

222
Pottery
tools

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

vases, designing

and decorating

Poultry accounts, how to keep acquiring information amateur's experience with American breeds Asiatic breed Bantams, breeding and care

285-287 307-310* 193-207 A 132-178, A 153, 157, 168, 172

D D K
A A

187
195 195

166-168

K K K
A

books about

217-218 A 517

Brahmas
breeding pure stock purpose of
breeds, characteristics broilers, raising fattening for market brooders, making broody hens, curing business methods in poultry raising care and housing city experiment with cleanliness clipping wings
^

Cochins cooking broilmg

195 156 177 220-222, 194-195 195 A 152-153 A 175, 199 A 144 A 153-159 193-207 133-143, A 159 A 142-143, 146 207 195

K K K

K K

preparation for
coops, model crested variety, care of drawing poultry

dust bath for eggs

best layers cost of, for settings effect of feeding on layers keeping a record for idlers of fancy fowls quality affected by feed selections for settings testing layers winter laying exercise, provisions for expenses of one experiment
.

275-276 285-288 A 147-151* A 222 287 141*, 206

195 196 A 171 A 157* A 221 A 146 A 148 154-155* 205-206 138, 146 A 176 159-177 194-195 152, 153 A 159 253 204 A 220

H H

H K K K

K
A
A
219-222,

experiments fancy breeds and their care

fattening broilers for market
feathers,

K
A

marketing

food value table fruit trees in the chicken yard

H K

Hamburgs,

characteristics


GUIDE AND INDEX
Poultry Continued hatching average number from a setting time required for eggs to hatch

223
PAGE

.A

148,

K
.

196
158*

198, 201

hen gate. Houdans, characteristics

incubators average time for eggs to hatch operating
killing
^

K K

Lakenvelders, characteristics

Langshans Laying hens. See Poultry, eggs Leghorns

eggs
in a prize contest
lice
.

220 175 198, 199 197-199 286 A 220 195

195 221 160-163

A A A

H K K

A
A

on small chicks preventing marketing Mediterranean breeds molting season nests for sitting hens
non-sitters

148,

ornamental land and water fowl as pets

cost of

...

Orpingtons, record price plucking Plymouth rocks

Polish varieties prize contests, stories of prize-winning Orpingtons
profit in

...

ranging versus housing

runs, cornfields for selection of, for cooking shows, purpose of
sitting

201 143 156-159 195 A 145 A 147 195 180-182 181 194 286 195 A 220 160-164 194 193 A 134 A 176 271 177

K K K H K K K

H K

hens coops for

.

.A
,
,

feeding nests for

147-148*, 150 A 144 A 147

raising , ^ starting a business with eggs versus chickens stories of success in raising

...

thoroughbreds versus mongrels training for poultry raising trap nests for testing layers
white Wyandotte
wild fowl, clipping wings winter care young chicks, care of
.

200-201 195-196 A 159-177 194 A 173 A 154-155* 195 A 168-172, 81 205-206 202-203, A 147-153

K K

K K

224
Poultry
Continued

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

Yokahamas

220

See also Ducks; Game and game birds; Geese; Guinea fowl; Peacock; Poultry feeding; Poultry houses; Turkey Poultry feeding effect on quality of eggs A 146 feeding six thousand hens in one half hour A 164-166 growing feed A 153 making hens lay A 171 molting season A 145 rack for feed pans, to prevent waste A 145* regularity essential A 146 self-feed grain box A 139* self-feed grit box A 136* sitting hens A 144

....

trough for feed, making winter feeding

young chicks
Poultry houses building a poultry house
cleaning pro\'isions construction principles

150-153,

K K

450* 206 199

204* 204

....

132-143*,

441-450*,

A
A
135,

140,

K K

coops comers, finishing curtained shed doors and windows dropping board dust bath
floors,

cement

foundation

frame for window screen framework of the house for an eleven dollar house
furnishings heat, planning for location materials nests, location roofing paper
roosts,

441-442 147-150* C 446* A 138 A 137*, C 448 A 140, C 449 206 A 141*, A 137 C 443-444 C 449 C 444-445*

making

runs
sanitary principles

scratchmg shed siding for frame

sleeping

room
Sir

K 204* A 135 A 135, K 207 A 136-137 A 140-141, K 204 C 449 A 139, C 450, K 204 A 141, 142, C 450, K 204 A 142-143, 146 A 138, K 204, 205 C 445 K 204
A
139-142*,

133*

working drawings Powell. See Baden-Powell,

C
Robert

443, 447

Power dynamometer foot pound

for

measuring

B B

324* 123

problems in estimating

82


GUIDE AND INDEX
Power
Continued

225
PACE

steam versus electricity units of power

See also Electric power;

B
Gasolene motors;

E 3-5 122-125

Mechanics; Steam;

Water power
Precious stones
bezel setting cutting metal away for setting prong setting selecting for rings
.

152-157*, 163*, 176 157-159*

M M

159-161* 152

M
B

Preserves storing in cellar See also Canning; Jam; Press copying methods Pressing skirts

H
Jelly

211

418

Prime roasts

N 73 H 269
D
98-106 378

Printing block printing Prisoner's base Propeller. See Aeroplanes; Proteins

Screw propeller
277 278 248 250 249, 252

boUing water food composition

effect of

effect of cold

foods containing proportion in diet

H
home making

H H H H

Proverbs Indian proverb about Pruning hazel bushes

H
A

44

methods
Puff balls Pulleys chain

A 35 439-443* 83-84, 87-89

322* 324* 310 321* B 49-52* B 50-51* B 51-52* B 63, 310 B 50* B 310* B 311* B 43* B 310*

dynamometer
endless chain

expanding mechanical principle of movable, theory of

multiple
rule for

B B B B

power

snatch block Spanish bartons

triangular eccentric use of White's pulley

Pumpkin
planting

depth and distance to plant

quantity of seed to plant time to plant

G 312 G 42 G 36
G
234

226
Pumpkin, planting
with corn
seed

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued

117

age for planting germination per cent

striped beetle pests

G 34 G 233 G 117
B B
235-236
143-145*, 344 B 346* B 236, 345 B 236, 345*

Pumps
action of

Archimedes screw double acting

force
lift

pumps pumps

plunger pump for vacuum cleaner theory of See also Windmills

B B

379-381* 234-235

Punch

(Tool) centre punch,

making

metal work tool Pupa. See Insects Puppy. See Dogs Purdy, Carl collecting and growing California bulbs
Purling

297* 7*

94-99 353*

Purse

bead work
tooled leather, making See also Card case Purslane (Pursley) class and seed time

N D

285-290* 340-342*

Push ball Push button. See Electric push button Pyramids of Eg\T)t

K
B
C C

278 379

how they were

Pyrography
outfit

built

54-56

330-331
240, 330

woods

suitable for

Pyrometric cones

300*

Q
Quail.

See

Bob white

Quaker

ladies

Quarter sawed oak Queen Anne's lace Quills, porcupine Quoits

551,

G 341 131-132* G 349 A 68 379

K
C

R
Rabbeted Rabbit
bait
joints

255*

508

GUIDE AND INDEX

Rabbit
Continued
breeds, common care of characteristics

227
PAGE

and

fancj^

182,

enemies fm*, value

house, construction

451-454*,

hunting
raising for pets snares, making story of a boy's animal cage

185 497 498 501 182-183* A 500 A 206 A 500 A 234

498

A A A

Raccoon
bait for habits
skin, value

.....
A
.'

story of a boy's animal cage

taming Racing
feather race marathon race potato race sack race three legged race tub race water race Racquets or Rackets (Game)
.

509 268 509 234 268-269

A A A A

K K K K K K K K
E

347 371 378 384 390 390 393 380 314

Radiators

steam as distributors of heat Radish

icicle

indoor planting time

insect pests

G 95 G 233 G 291
42, 236

planting seed depth to plant distance to plant quantity to plant time to plant

quick development
seed

G 42 G 36 G 234 G 313

age for planting germination per cent germination period

Raffia

work

basket makmg covers handles

G 34 G 233 G 32
250-277*

243, 250-252

melon-shaped basket
belts

braiding raffia
doll's
doll's

252 255-256 257-259* 273-274 262-263*, 268

N N N
N

hammock
hat

271

253-255*

2^28

CODE AND INDEX

PA6E
Continued

Raffia work fringe

N N
N

74

hats

braiding

263-264*

trimming weaving on wire frames

jewel case

264, 268, 270

knotting

raffia

N N N
X X

materials for napkin ring preparing the raffia shopping bag, knotted raffia skip stitch

N N

Solomon's knot
spHt stitch three strand braid

whisk broom winding stitch Rafters. See Roofs

264-268 260-261* 271-275* N 250 252, 253* 262, 268 272-273* 257 265 N 257 268-270 N 275* 257

N N N
G

Ragout

H
and seed time

269

Ragweed
class

278

Rain
causes of. drops, formation

B B

shape
fall

355-356 357-360 B 360

effect

on forestation measuring

B
B B B

3(1

recording gauge, making

importance of
period of rainfall table for measures

weather symbol
Raisins food value

349-353* 362-363 350-353* B 354 B 360 B 353 B 362

H
G

Raking Ranges
draughts and dampers See also Gas range Raspberries food value
picking wild raspberries

255 265

227-230

H
B
E

255 9

Ratchet wheel

mechanism
Rats book about
electrocution device

322-324*

trapping

A 519 271-273* A 496

GUIDE AND INDEX

Rattan work
baskets

229
PAE

mats whisk broom holder Reamur thermometer scale

Receipts barberry jelly

N 243-248* N 247,* 249

N
B

249 262
17

canning elderberries elderberry steamed pudding green grape jelly pickled walnuts thimbleberry jam wild crabapple butter See also Camping Cooking; Cookery; Insecticides; Paste

A16 A16
A 15 A 37 All A 22

Red Red
Reel

or spider
line,

Red

lion

(Game)
.

K
G

381 293

Reed basket
weaving

G
reel

61-64*

making a garden

51*

Refrigerator cleaning drainage, regulating

in ice supply to avoid odors location purifying

109, 241 II 240

economy

how

Remington typewriter
Renaissance
lace.

B
income to use
Soldering
for

240 242 403-409*

H H H H

242
241

See Lace
of

Rent what proportion

Repairing.

74, 77, 78

See Furniture;

Repousse
definition of

M
B

210

Retaining walls
batter,

making

*'closers"

designing foundation Galveston sea wall

"header"
pointing "stretcher" Rheosta.t. See Electric rheostat

244-245 B 244 B 240-241* B 238*, 245 B 247 B 244 B 240 B 244

Rhubarb
food value

H
See Embroidery

255

Ribbon embroidery.
Rice

camp cooking
food value

K
H
II

00
2.")

washing

295

230
Rice
Continued
wild rice
characteristics

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

A A
quoted

harvesting uses of Richards, Ellen II.

78-79 A 79 78, 79

'Xost
Rifles

of living "

H
K

74

aiming
care and cleaning learning to use

122 123 120-123

K K

Rings
iron,

welding

silver
steel,

work making

248-250*, 254* 152-162* 265*

See also Precious stones

Rivers
protecting river banks
tides

B
B

237

227, 229

See also Retaining walls Riveting handles iron tongs

making

rivets

metal metal worker's tool

rivet set silver letters

on copper
.

stove pipe

M 88 M 288* M 77 M 73-77* M 10* M 73 M 188-190* M 74

'.

Roads
material for road-bed repairing dirt roads Roast pig, story
.

G G

85-86 84-86

18

Roasting meats open fire for

thickness of food

Robbers
Irish stew

and the robbers: story

H 282 H 282 H 276 H 15

Robin
insect destroyers

migration

K
G

457 175

Rock

how

soil

was formed from

213

See also Boulders

Rock garden
flowers to plant in location plants
soil

G
G G G

requirements

325 324 340 325

GUIDE AND INDEX

Roentgen rays ether waves Roley boley (Game)
Roller ball-bearing principle
.

231
PAGE

316 381

making wooden rollers moving rocks on rollers Roman cut work Roof
construction for summer house construction of frame cornices hip roof, construction painting
rafters
fitting

N
C C
B

B 28 C 268* B 18
138-142*

418-422* 465-469*

42,

C C C

421 466* 422

making curved
roofing paper
.

rafters

saddle boards shingling B 40-42, C estimating shingles nails required square of shingling or clap boarding, meaning Rooms. See Bedroom; Dining-room; Furniture; Girl's room; Guests; House decoration; Kitchen; Living-room; Pantry; Servants

467* 418 419 421 419-422* B 40 B 42 B 41

C C C C

Ropes
carrying power of hemp preservative for hemp strength of wire rope

Roque
Rose
Christmas, characteristics insect pests and remedies Irish crochet moss, characteristics

K
G

B B B

47 48 48 382
333

284, 293

339-340, 344

Rose chafer Rose jar

copper work

G G

332 293

Rose slug
Rotascope. See Gyroscope Rotation of crops

56-60* 284
149

Round steak Round Table, Knights of how Gareth became a knight Rowing
.

Rubbed Rubber

intercollegiate record joints

H 268 H 20 K 383
C
251*

plant topping

199, 250

Rubbish
disposal of

263

232
Rubicon (Game)

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
football

Rugby

Rugs bathroom
beating-rack braiding carpets versus rugs cleaning dry cleaning kitchen
Oriental, washing storing

washing weaving
color combinations designs

materials preparing the woof process setting the loom woof shuttle

156 444-446* 295-296* A 443-444 128 A 443-448, 332 193 A 447 348 A 446-447 297-305* D 252-260*, D 255 252-253, 256-258*, 302 D 253, 258, 301 D 253-254 300-301 259-260. 297-300 D 254*

K K H

385 348

H H H

N N

N N

Rulers
carpenter's rule

mechanism of Run, sheep, run (Game) Running hare and hound chases
parallel,

C B

205 331* 360

17

Russia calf for tooled leather Rustic furniture

collecting

N
D
c

92

wood

for

suggestions for

making
.

A 410 209-211*
.

Rye
food value
. .

H
A

254

S
Sable, Alaskan

484
65 384

Sachets herbs and grasses for

Sack racing Sad iron. See Electric iron

Saddles
English, Mexican and army Safety valves for steam engines

K
K
B

225-226*
116

Sage

growing
Saint Francis of Assisi Salad plant

327 25

endive
lettuce

G G
A

805 306
266

Salamander taming

GUIDE AND INDEX

Salary, See

233
PAGE

Income

Salmon
bait for

food value
Salt

removing stains with

Salt cellar
silver

K H H

136* 253

358

work

183-184*

Salt pork cuts Salvia

H K
.

270
324 167 210

bedding plants

San Jose scale Sand bag

definition of

M
Refrigerator;

Sand papering. See Whittling Sandy soil. See Soils

See Garbage; Plumbing; Santos Dumont's monoplane Sap. See Maple sugar Sardine food value Sashes. See Doors; Windows
Sanitation.

Sewerage

167*, 175-177

H
N N

253

Satin stitch

combinations
design

147-149* 148-154* 158*

Sauce
wild crabapple

22

Sausage

buckwheat cakes combination

food value: table Sauteing Saving

H H H
H

258 253 281

methods
necessity

and value

Savoury herb

83-85 82 G 328

Saw
Saw^s

horse

makmg
Saw miUs
band saw
brazing steel band saws

143-149* C 522

buck saw compass saw

construction principles

522 313 C 172* C 172* 171-172*

coping saw cross cut saws, principle and use danger of the power saw

C 20* C 170*

D
C C

187
5lC2 175'"

gang saw hack saw

metal worker's tools

234
Saws
Continued

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
rating

by points

and use sawing copper work turning saw

rip saw, principle

M
G

C C

using, position for Saxifrage habits and characteristics Scabiosa

173 169* 35-36* C 173* C 174*

340, 364
i

sowing and blossoming time

Scales

G
B

161

mechanical principle
Scalloping Scallops

24-25*

132-133*, 135

cooking
Scarf crocheted Scarf pin
silver

292
318*

work

Scarfing

wrench
Scarlet runner beans Scarlet sage Scarlet tanagers insect destroyer

162-165* 254-257, 258 275*

M
G G

297 324

457

School grounds

improving
Science value of study Science club Scilla, bell flowered planting and blooming time
Scissors

G
E

72-87

338-340 E 339
177, 178

protecting points of shears for metal work

48 5*

Sconce copper work Scorched stains removing Scotland's burning Scours

52-56*

H K
A
of

335 384
120

remedy
Scouts. See Scraper,
Screen.

Boy Scouts

America

definition of

M
B
of

210

See Fire screen 143-145*, 344*

Screw Archimedian case hardening screws concealing in woodwork, method countersunk, meaning

309-310 C 343* C 190


GUIDE AND INDEX
Screw
Continued
157 142 191 190-191* B 142 139-147* C 191 B 140 140-147 B 156 B 157 B 64
driving endless
finish
flat

235
PAGE

B B C

and round head

C
B

friction, provision for

mechanical principle

number designation
nut, principle of power principle principle applied to tools removing, device for rule for power use of wooden screw, strength of

C190-192*
156 141* B 145-147* 195, 199-203*

worm gear worm and wheel

Screw drivers Screw propeller
aeroplane blades area versus power finding area
principle features of pitch, calculating

B B

169-170,

70-72*

149-150

B B B B

154 147 148 155*

power
calculating principle of speed, reckoning

B B

150-155* 149-150 B 148

Sea
Seal

walls.
electric

See Retaining walls

French

Hudson
Seams. See Dressmaking Search fight. Electric Seasoning
broiled meats and vegetables Seats. See Benches; Chairs; Settees

A A A
E

491 501 491

153*

276, 279

Seaweed
care of specimens before mounting
collector's outfit

mounting specimen time and places for

varieties

A
collecting

Seeds age for planting purposes cotyledon

G
G

depth to plant: table

distribution of wild seeds

364 363 364-368* A 363 A 369 227-238 G 34 G 230 35, 235 G 273

A A

236
Seeds
Continued envelopes, makincr germination
aiding

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAE

G G
G

56-58*

G
G

236
31

experiments per cent

table

method
planting

of

improving
soil

232-233 G 32 246-248

compacting

to plant quantity to plant: table time, indoor and outdoor saving for sale or planting
selection

how

G 237-238 G 99, 268 G 36 G 233-235 G 371 G G G G

also

germ developing power

impure seed
seed plants
size
selling,

231 231 227-228

G G

how

to put

up seed

soaking
testing for germinating value See also Grass seed; Trees; Vegetables;

228-233 371-372 G 138 33, 143

names
etc.

of plants^

e. g.. Beans; Nasturtiums; Pansy; Peppers, Seesaw mechanical principle of

Selvage

N
G

26
15

September blooming plants

Servants
cook, duties

365

H 370-381 H 109, 112

Hill
104, 107 105, 108 104, 108, 112

days out, adjustment of work

duties four or five maids

one maid three maids two maids hours

mistress and maid business relations personal relations personal liberty, lack of proportion of income required for

H H

H
H

105

379

H H H H

room
servant question meals, when served waitress dress duties Serving table. See Buffet; Setting the table Serving Serving the meal. See Meals

376-377 371-375 372 76 378 370-381

H H H

173 169-172

H H

105

GUIDE AND INDEX

Serving tray copper work Seton, Ernest Thompson Boy Scouts organizer
Settee

237
PAGE

75-77*

K
C

49

box furniture, making garden settle, making

hall settle outdoor settee,

477*

-,

D 200* D 49*
C
410-411*
164 165 167 166 166 165 162-164

making

Setting the table dining table decorations

glasses

methods
serving table, use of sideboard arrangements
silver
Settle.

table linen See Settee Sewer pipes. See Plumbing

.

H H H H H H

Sewerage system, importance of Sewing apron making back stitching half back stitch bands for aprons
skirts

H N

214

26-30*

basting stitches binding blanket making buttonhole stitch buttons care of hands counterpane for dolFs bed crow s foot stitch

darning
felling

seams

French

hem

gathering stroking gussets helping mother

N 12* N 13* N 30* N 39*, 44 N 7* N 51* N 54* N 58* N 4-6 N 19 N 55* N 55 N 9-11* N 68 N 21 N 26-30*
N
27* 35-40* 3

h-emming French

hem

gauge, notched card rolling the edge

skirt

N
. .

N N N
86,

21 17* 21*

43

straightening the edge turning corners turning the hem

N17 N 20*
17

238
Sensing

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued hooks and eyes, knotting the thread
substitute for

24-25*

N
.

14, 16

mattresses needle case needles, emer>' for over-casting

.
.

N
.
.

N 53* 46-47 X N X
19 15*

over-handing patching
.

pillow cases plackets plain sewing, position of sewer rolling the edge
.

15-17* 3a-35 53* 35-40*, 43 3-11 19-20 X 21*

.

N X

X X
.

running and back stitch combination running stitches scissors, how to hold

X U* X 7* X 12* X 68 12-17* 31-33* 45-49* 12-25* X iS* 4* 5 36 20 X 21*

seams
felling
.

stitches for.

sewing apron sewing case

.

stitches

X X X X

tap>e loops

on towels and dresses thimble, how to use thread, length of tucking turning comers
.

whip stitch work box, fittings

broiderj-

.... ....

X X X X
X

See also Basket making.

Bead work, Braiding; Dressmaking; Em-

Sewing machines boat-shaped shuttle type carriers and drivers, adjustment

looping the thread setting needles cleaning
oiling

B
.

303-304* B 302 B 305*

281* 283-285

B B

281

puckering, to prevent
rotarj'

B
B
.

hook

t\'pe

bobbin case

....

holder, adjusting.

compared with boat-shaped shuttles

construction feed, regulating feed motion hook guide and hook driver

...

B B
.

hook ring

...

B
.

needle bars, setting

293-295* B 301* 299-300 2S5-293* B 298 B 337* 289-292* B 293 iS7-i88


GUIDE AND INDEX
Sewing machines
needles

239
PAGE

Continued

changing
setting presser foot repairing shuttles stitch regulator take up spring, replacing

tension

thread controllers threading

Wheeler and Wilson

shuttle action of different types tension, adjusting threads to use

types vibrating shuttle

presser foot, adjustment Wheeler and Wilson

B 292 303-305* 297-299* B 300 B 286*, 293 B 295-297* B 288-289 B 301-303* B 286*, 298, 302 B 299-300 B 283-284* B 283-285 B 282 B 280 B 281-285* B 285 B 299-300, 337 B B

Shackles forging

349-352*

Shad
food value Shades
cleaning window shades See also Candle shade; Lamp shade

H H
N

253
131

Shadow embroidery stitches and materials

Shagbarks

Shamrock pattern
Sharks
catching

for Irish crochet

126-127* A 39 341

K
See Tools

126

Sharpening tools.

Shawl
crocheting rainbow shawl knitting

N N

316-317* 356-359*

Shears protecting points of scissors tools for metal work

N
A
A

M 5*

48

Sheep
feeding

book about
lambs, care of
raising

104-105 A 517

shearing

Sheepskin for leather work Sheets

A 105 103-107 A 106 83

making for doll-bed marking

See also Beds; Ironing

N 54* N 157

240
Skell fish broiling oysters

GUIDE AND INDEX

FA
275 253 289-293

food value preparing for cooking

.

H
C
486,

H H

Shellac

method of using source and qualities

Shells

D
A

216-217 C 486

book about
collecting outfit

preserving and labeling specimens See Summer house Shelving. See Book case Shetland ponybreeding for profit
Shelters.

A 518 369-374 A 372 A 374

characteristics Shingling. See Roof

A 205 203-205

Shinney

Shirley poppies

367 322
6

Shoe buttons how to sew on Shoepac Shoes

base ball
foot baU for winter sports

K'209

K 264 K 280*
208-209
115-118 120-123 117

Shooting
hints on
rifle

how

to shoot

shooting

K K

"wiping his eye"

Shooting board

K
C C

how how

Shop. Shot guns aiming

care

to make to use See Carpentry

189* 106*

and Woodwork; Work shop

113. 117

barrel lengths

and cleaning choke-bore gun

double barrels "drop" of a gun
for small

game

learning to shoot pattern, testing

selecting styles for various purposes

K K K

unloading
See also Rifles Shovel
blacksmith's shovel

120 123 119 111* 113 112 114-118 118-119 112-113 119 115

K K K K K K

K K

226, 229*


GUIDE AND INDEX
I

241

Shovel

Continued

making home-made snow shovel

fire tools,

M
G

372-373* A 432

Shrubs
characteristics, table

355-356

hazel bush planting and transplanting

selection principles

34 134 37, 354, 355, 357

Sideboard arranging for ser\dce

design Siding. See Sieve
Signals

H 166 D 55*
G
B B A
59-61

House framing
sieve

making a garden and signaling

marine flag code weather signals Silkworm culture apparatus for rearing book about cocoons preparing for market
spinning weight of eggs

107-109 361-362 337-348 A 339* A 518

A 347 345-347* A 347

hatching
laying
first

age food and feeding racks for

A
of the cocoon

340-341 338-339 A 343 337, 339-346 A 342*

A
A

moth

how
fife

it

comes out

of

molting periods
stages of growth varieties of silk spinners Silver cleaning and care setting the table

347 338 343-345 A 337 A 338

A A

II 111, 185

washing
See also Silver Silver fox

H H
A

165 183

work
517

book about
Silver maple. Silver work

See

Maple

bar pins bezel setting bracelets

Indian design brooches

characteristics of silver for working

171-174* 152-157*, 163*, 176 174-177* 176-177* 171-174*

M M M M

M151

242
Silver

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
work
Continued
collar slide

comb
cuff links

M M M

enameling on

170-171* 194-196* 192-194* 355

gems
selecting setting hinges. See Metal work lettering silver on copper
links,

hinges
.

152 152-161*, 163*, 165. 176

making mustard spoon

napkin ring necklaces oxidizing silver

pendants picture frame
pin
rings bezel setting deep set stone prong setting

twisted silver wire

riveting letters
salt cellar salt

spoon
^

scarf pin setting the stone

spoons sugar tongs bowl design claw design

tools
chisel,

making

mandrel watch fob See also Copper work; Metal work Simmering
definition

M 187-190* M 167-169* M 182* M 191-192* M 166-170* M 204 M 169 M 181, 185-186* M 163-164* M 152-157* M 157-159* M 159-161* M 161-162* M 188-190* M 183-184* M 183* M 162-165* M 165 M 178-184* M 182* M 180-182* M 157* M 154* M 187-190*
. .

Sink
location
Sirloin steak

and care

of kitchen sinks

Skate saiUng Skating

club skate model

K K
or

damming a brook
fancy figm-es

pond

hockey skates and playing racing skates and skating

sprinting stroke tennis court for skating

K K K K
K
A

pond

193 269 215-216* 210-216 210* A 280 210 212-215* 211 212 279-280

H H H

277

GUIDE AND INDEX

Skee. See Skiing Skiing

248
PAGE

219-222*,

38.5

jumping
ski pole
skis

K
.

222 222* 218-220* 511 510 511-512 A 507

K K
A A

Skins and hides curing

removing
tanning
solution
Skirts.

See Dressmaking
skittles

Skittles

lawn

K
A
*

368-370

Skunk
nests
pelts,

and habits
value

A A

485

484, 487

tame
trapping
Sled

A 270 484-486

bobsled
toy,

K
C

223*

working drawing

40, 42*

Sledge blacksmith's tool Sleep and sleeping

M
A A

226
6-9 52*

advantages of outdoor sleeping preparation for outdoor sleeping

Sleeves. Slippers

9,

See Dressmaking
.
.

crocheting Slippery elm Slugs exterminating garden pests

rose slugs

324-329* C 559
118 285 284, 293

G G
G

G
See Berries

Small

fruits.

Smartweed class and seed time

Smilax, Southern Smith Premier typewriter

278 55 409-411*

Smocking honeycomb pattern

stitch

112-114

114*

Smoking
dangers of

13-14

Smoking

set

copper work Snake taming venomous Snake's head Snapdragon

M
G

79-86*

266 149 349, 365 G 277

244
Snares. See Trapi Snarling iron
definition of

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

M
B B

210

Snow
crystals, fonns and colors formation
line

measuring snowfall
perpetual snow shoveling uses of

Snow

weight shoeing

366-368* B 366 368, 369 B 367 B 368 431-432 B 367 B 367

and skiing snow shoes

skis

K K

217-222* 216-217*

Snowballs Japanese

37
177 319

Snowdrop
planting and blooming time

Soap

for laundry

G H

Soccer.

Socket wrench. Sockets

See Foot ball See Wrench

making an open wire rope socket Soda combined with cream of tartar some uses of sour milk and
Sofa cushion. See Pillow Softening metal. See Annealing
Soils

281-283*

H H H
G

301 356 357

improving adapting crops

acid,

30, 115, 222

17-23

clay

absorption of water
characteristics

formation improving lime for acid elements formation of

soil

humus
improving poor soil impure air in inoculation, purpose and method
lime

9,

218 8 G 214-215 G 9, 104, 218-219, 224 G 30 G 8 G 213 G 8 103-105, 218-219, 224 208 G 119, 122

absorption of water formation

humus

for

improving
testing for

G 218 215-216 G 225 G 218 G 216


GUIDE AND INDEX
Soils

245
PA

Continued loam, meaning of preparing for grass seed physical and chemical needs

G
G

220 74-76 G 9

sand
absorption of water and heat
characteristics formation of

improving nitrogen needed

subsoil testing top-soil See also Drainage;

G G

217 8 G 214 9, 218 G 224 G 220 28-31 G 220

Flower gardening; Plant food; also names of

plants Soldering brass vase

copper handles
electric iron for

hard soldering, materials and directions heat and tools f or

iron,

making

metals
outfit

252,

M 144 M 78-79 E 116* M 41-42 M 11-12* M 45-46* M 41-46* M 11-12*

B B
252 253
43

preparations process soft soldering materials and tools process

tinker's

M M
G
G
B

40, 43-45

dam
characteristics

imsoldering

253 205
345

Solomon's
habits

seal, false

and

Song
Sorrel

birds.

See Birds

class

and seed time

278
281

Sound
production of variation with speed
velocity in dry air, water and metals independent of pitch vibrations of metal disks
.

249-251,

waves
length

250 316 E 294-295 E 310 251. E 315

E E E B E

292
811

Soups
beef stock, what to buy boiling meat for stock to keep from curdling Soutache braid for braiding

H H H
N

268 278 356

107

246
Spading

GUIDE AND IXDEX

PAGE

how
Spanish

to flpsde
fly

G
.

8S. 65

(Game)

SS5
17-1

Sparrow
bird

enemy

K
A

book about
migratioa of song sparrow
Specific gravity
.

K
E

519 175

meaning and application Speed indicatcH* medianism and use Spice bush
chaimctexistics

27SH280
231^
S55
391 145

G
A

^Mders
food for yoong wmsps nature stady Spiked loosestrife charactmstics Spinach

K
G

365
294 iSo iSS i54

deaning

food value germination per cent, of seed time to plant

H H
G G

S^ndk
copper work
Spinning. See Silkwum Spiiea duumcteristics

14-126^

hedge

shmb

G G

Van
Spirit

Hontte^s, a good varietv

.

levd

Splice or scarf joints

356 357 37, 38 C 205* C i57*

Spoons mustard ^mon. sQver work nt set apoon, copper work

alt

flpooD, aflver

woA

M
.

tea spocn. silver work

M
K K

M 182* 3^-40* M 183

178-180*

^MTtS
girls'

outdoor ^x>rts

318-925

208-224* winter sports Base ball; Camping; Canoeing; Coasting; See also Archery; Cridcet; Curling; Fishing; Foot ball; Games; Golf; Horsemanahip; Hunting; Bacm^ Bowing; Shooting; Skate auling; Skating; Skiing; Swimmii^ IVMk atUelks; Timpping; Walking Spots- See Cleaning Spring beauty 310 halMts and characteristics tran^iianting G 340
.

G
B

(Maddnexy)
331*


GUIDE AND INDEX
Springs (Machinery) bearing springs
car springs
cross bow, making draw spring

247
PAGE

Continued

tempering
uses

steel

265-266 B 265* B 266* B 265* 295 B 264

Springs (Water) preparing for trout culture reclaiming springs story of how one spring was reclaimed Sprocket wheel

A A A

273-274 274-277 280-282 B 327*

Spruce

gum

gathering

making
marketing
uses

80-83 A 82 A 82

white spruce Spruce tree seed year

variety

A A
characteristics

81 81

and

A 47 537-538
517 216 194-195 A 196

Squabs book about

care of

A A

homers as breeders killing and dressing marketing and profit

raising

A A

195

record keeping ... where to get information about See also Pigeons Square, steel carpenter's tool metal worker's tool

193-197 A 216 A 194

205* 5*

Squash
food value
insect pests

H
G G G G
G

255

287, 291. 292

planting seed

depth to plant time to plant

seed

312 236 234

34 233 386

age for planting germination per cent

Squash (Game)
Squirrels as pets bad habits of the red squirrel bait for flying squirrels as pets

K K
A

taming

184 267 A 508 185 266-267

248
Stabbler,

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAE

Sydney

S.

experience with honey bees Stains and staining alcohol stains, value of

My

828-331
\

applying stains

asphaltum black walnut imitation

brown

stain

227 228-229 D 229 D 230 C 223

chemical composition and use preparing Flemish oak forest green oak

C C

483 488

fumed oak and chestnut, process

golden oak finish gray oak

mahogany

unitation

mission oak natural colors versus imitation object of staining

oil

231 232 D 233-234 D 229 232 230, 231, C 489 231

D D D
C

D
C

D
C
487,

482 226
i

stain

composition and use

merits of
perfect stain

D D
C

preparation of surface

483 227 227 483 227 483 233

water stain advantages of composition and use weathered oak Stake pin

487,

D
C

making
Stand pipe
principle of

233-235*

215

Staples designing and making Star of Bethlehem planting and blooming time

235-236*

177

Starch
boiled starch, making cold starch, making protecting starching clothes sticking to irons, to prevent Stars
effect of aerial tides

H H H H H K
E
E

320 319 319 323 335

telling points of the

compass by

time required for light to travel from Starting box (Electric) operation of

229 109 E 312 E 48 81-83*

125

Steam
condensation


GUIDE AND INDEX
Steam
Continued

249
PAGE

dry steam expansion principle generation of heat units

B B B B

15 127

wet steam

115-116 126-127 B 126

Steam engines
Calipyle cylinder and piston disk engine

governors gyroscope heating principle hero engine

history of

114-115 117-118* B 334* 313-316*, 329 B 335

121 114* 114-115, 272 B 122-124 B 113, 120 B 117-120 B 115-117 B 340* B 116 B 118-120* B 329* E 6 E 314 B 128

B B

B B

horsepower, estimating noise from exhaust, reason power generation and distribution
principle of

rotary
safety valve.
slide
.

valve
lifter for

toe

and

valves

waste in power

Steam radiators as Steam turbine Steam whistles

distributors of heat

why steam is seen before whistles are heard Steamboats development of See also Screw propeller; Steam turbine
Steel

B B

249
271

annealing

M
M M
making

307-309
267 313 289, 308 308-310 297 299 296

Bessemer steel manufacture and use of

brazing

M M

carbon steel case hardening

crucible cast steel, cutting tool steel

grades hardening forged

jfires

for

lathe tools solutions

hook, making invention of

lanterns,

making

M M M
M

290 301 291-292 266-271*

M M M M M
B

271

manufacturing oxidation, prevention of

sockets, forging

405-406* ^^ ^^^

291

281-283

250
Steel

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAG
Continued
weldless ring,
soft

M
making

working heat
stretching processes

tempering
color

scheme

M M

grade of steel required

lathe tools side tool testing
for

carbon

for hardness

tool

making

tool steel

welding wrenches, forging wrought iron versus See also Knives; Tool making Stencihng brushes for
color schemes

M M M M 289 M 292 M 322-326 M 289 M 296 M 273-283* M 266

73-82* 79-80* D 114 D 111-112 113, X 76 D 108-113* D 110* D 113 81, D 108 D 112

264-288* 265* 264 315 292-296 293-295 296 301 304

M M M

N N

comer designs
designs,

for borders

cutting the stencil

D
X

making

repeating unit transferring materials and tools outline drawing paints for mixing colors testing patterns, making from paper pillows

pinning the stencil

process repeating and joining units reversing the pattern stencil bands, size and purpose use in home decoration

washable water colors for

Stereopticon lamp

81-82 114-115 X 76-79* 77*, 378 D 114 79 115-116, D 110* X 80 D 109-110* 76, 377 X' 80

X
E

Stewing
Stickseed
class
Still

81 154* 280

and seed times pon no moving

Stings care of See Crocheting; Stitches.

K H
Embroidery;
Knitting;

278 337
364

Lace making;

Sewing

GUIDE AND INDEX

Stock sowing and blossoming time
ten-weeks, characteristics Stock breeding. See Breeding Stockings

251
PAGE

G G

161

330

darning Stone wall for lawn

See Boulders; Precious stones See Foot stools Storage battery. See Electric batteries Store room in cellar
Stones.
Stools.

9-11* 73

Stories

Brother Juniper's cooking Fire of coals

Irish stew
.

King Alfred and the cakes

King's kitchen

Loaves and fishes The luncheon Roast pig Widow's cruse of Storing. See Packing
Stove pipe
riveting

oil

H 211 H 25 H 37 H 14 H 16 H 20 H 32 H 32 H 18 H 29

M
H
Ovens

74

Stoves draughts and dampers laundry See also Fire making; Gas range; Strawberries care of first-year plants experimenting with varieties food value

227-230 315

G
G
G

growing
hill culture versus matted row planting rules

soil

and

location

staking the bed

for fertilizer Street cars. See Electric cars Strength of materials
nails

wood ashes

G 92 92-93 255 88-96 G 94 93-94 G 88 G 91* G 94

wire timbers, estimating

ropes,

hemp and

B 46^7 B 47-48 B 45 C
495-497*

woods
String beans

cooking preparations food value planting

Striped beetle

H H
G

295 255 297

remedy

for

Stump master (Game)

G K

285 387

J^^

GUIDE .\XD DTDEX

Sf Cables.

(Gmc)

KSB7

&t Mapk
m^krag a

...
sug&r

H
C

54

womhn

scoop

iTi*

:k

M
CottMCS

180-185*

A 56

...
I

ii
(jr

*-* :

z:.^^

::::>

>ri:

::'

C 4<l-4i4

:-:-:-r ::::--ni'^'aiifT- ::
z:

H
fi^
to tzmTd from
.
.

rini

&v ^m

^74 iSO

Sli

T^zis

food lor y kte; chiri

"

G 4

G
.

20

SS4 365
.

G
G

mfiu uniiiBiMinj' t==:r

Ji
1

106 161

took

M ttS*
...
K K
176
181

:-

:-

-:.::

C SK^ SB*

5
:

ir ft IS

G _
Idtf,

SK

6i 37

GUIDE AND INDEX

Sweet pea
characteristics

253
PAGE

G
.
.

889, 330
.

Sweet potato
food value

H ^5
G G
330
322

Sweet sultan

characteristics

Sweet William
biennial characteristics

335, 365

Swimming
accidents

supports breast stroke dangers, avoiding diving dog stroke fancy stroke girls as swimmers learning how on the back overhand or overarm strokes
artificial
.

K 239 K 239 K 235 K 234 K 238* K 234 K 238 K 320 K 234-237 K 238 K 237
A A 285 282-286 A 286 A 518
278-279

pool, artificial cost in back yard

keeping water fresh pool, book about pool, natural danmiing of stream strokes value as exercise
.

234-235, 237-238 234

Swine book about brood sow

care of
selecting cleanliness

126-132 A 517
130-131 A 129 A 129

fattening feeding young pigs pen, building

profit in raising

A A A A
C
Maple

131 131

127 129

Sycamore
characteristics

562

Sycamore maple.

See

Symbols. See Signals Syrup. See Molasses;

Maple sugar and syrup

T
Table linen
care of ironing

H H
N

marking

163 327 157

254
Table runner
block printing designs materials weaN-ing
.
.

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

D 102-106 D 99-101 D 98 D 27S-276

S37* 54* 391-394 D 135* 194

Tables checkerboard table, making

dining table design

drawing

table,

making

fastening table tops to prevent warping kitchen library- table design hea\y, design and construction light, design and construction mission style, making

D D
C

wood

finish

picnic tables, making polished, care of round centre table

51* 174-176* 170-174* 360-367* D 237 132-134

H
D
C

161

design and construction

wood

finish

tea table, mission style, making See also Setting the table

180-184* D 237 367-372*

Tabourette

301-312*,

making estimating lumber for

circular top,

C
C C C
C

hexagonal top mission stvle, making Moorish design octagonal top, making

working drawings

Tag (Game)
last tag

warning

wood tag Tamarack See Larch

Tanager
migration

53-55 302-304* C 506 305-308* 308-310* 310-312* C 304* 303, 307* 345 370 391 394

K K K

K
K

176

Tanning skins Tantalum lamp

metal filament

507, 510-512

145
23*

Tapes
sewing on
Tapestr\' wea\'ing

N N H

303-304
254 140

Tapioca
food value Tarnish on brass preventing

GUIDE AND INDEX

Tarpon
catching

Q55
PAGE

Tea

camp cooking
Tea caddy brass work Tea kettle iron work stand Tea pot stand
copper

K 126 K 87
for,

making

M M
D

136-140*

406-409* 351-353*

Tea pots
care of

Tea spoons. Tea stains

Teeter-tauter

See Spoons

H H
B

207 359 26

principle of

Telegraph
invention and development

key Morse code reading poles, use of glass knobs

relay
signals,

...

how produced
^

E E
Wireless telegraph

sounders, operation of

Submarine; Telephone. automatic registering device

bells

wires, insulation See also Cables;

59-61 E 63* E 63 E 64 67-68* 61-63* E 63 E 64

E
.
*

274-295 E 276

for ringing operation of burning out of the coil . central battery system current in telephone circuit
.

magnets

287-290 E 289
291 276 287 275 279-281 274-276 E 292* E 295 E 290

double metallic circuit, electric spark coil

history of lightning arrester

first

used

E E E E

E E

music transmitted by pole, equipment

receiver as switch

and

circuit
.

construction and action operating by induced current

principle of

vibrator
resistance in the circuit

simple telephone system sounds, how produced transmitter, construction

vibrations of disks

E 290 276-278* 351-352 E 93-95* E 278-282 E 285-287 E 283-285* 22, 277-282 E 282-284 E 295

E E

^256

GUIDE AND INDEX

Telephone volume
wires

Continued
of business in 1907

PAGE

274 290 292

159

installation

use of ground wire Telescope water telescope

E E

K
E

Telharmonium
Temperature.
See Thermometers

293-295

Tempering hand hanmaers

knives
lathe tools
steel

M 317, 321 M 356 M 301, 304 M 292-296

K K K K K K K K K K
C

Teneriffe lace

Tennis. court tennis

.

N 238* 284-296*
341 322 356 294 293-296

girl's

hand

sports tennis

"love"
pla>dng the
raoicpt

game

how

to hold

selecting

scoring stroke tether tennis Tennis court

accessories,

295* 285 294 295 388

making

back stop, making dimensions and directions

drainage grass versus clay laying out making and caring for marker, home made

marking
net, putting

up

post for net, placing and preserving surfacing and leveling

406-422* 403-405* 286-287* 399. 288 K 285, 287 C 399-402* A 428-431 A 430 290-293* C 403 C 402 289

C C

Tents

"A"

tent

brush lean-to Indian tepee

lean-to trapper's tent waU tent

K K K K 59, K K
K K
B

60* 69* 63* 69* 62* 58*

Tetanus
cause of

Tether ball Tether tennis

248 388

GUIDE AND INDEX

Thermometers
centigrade scale

257
PAGE

changing one scale into another Fahrenheit scale history and pm-pose scales in use theory of Thermostat, Electric

B
. .

B 262 262-263 B 262 B 261 261-263 B 261 E 124

Thimble

how

to use

N
A A A

4* 10
11 11

Thimbleberry
description of jam, receipt picking Thistle

Canada, class and seed time Russian, class and seed time Thorn apple Thrasher, brown insect destroyer migration

G G
A

278 278 A 23

Thrush
migration

K K
B B

456 175
176

Thimder
weather symbol for thunder storm is heard last Tides

why thunder
aerial

cause of

ebb and flow

elevations, changes in

height lakes lunar

moon's distance from the meridian, neap tides open seas

rivers and channels Sir Isaac Newton's theory solar spring tides theory of time, changes in

effect of

...

362 249 B 212-236 B 228 B 217-220 B 218 B 226-227 B 229 B 228 B 217-227 B 225-227 B 223 B 227 B 227 B 217-218 222-223, 225 B 223-225 B 220-226* B 218-220

Tidiness

meaning of
Ties
Irish crochet Tile drains. See Drainage Tiles cleaning

H
N

51

338-344*

136

decoration of

1^ i^l7

258
Tiles

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued
fireplace tiles for kitchen floors

D
D

318-320

191

making
tea tiles uses See also Drainage Timber. See Building;

315-320* D 318* D 315

Lumber;

Strength of materials;

Trees;

Wood
Time
day and night, cause
di\'ision of

of

B B

213 214 202

Tin
kitchen utensils See also Soldering Tinker's dam Tip cat

H
B
.
. .

253

drawing and making Titmouse

insect destroyer

.^

35-37

456
517 168 265 266
115

Toad
book about
to cut worm garden pest destroyer

enemy

K
G
280,

taming
Toasters, Electric

A A E

Tobacco

jar

copper work Tobogganing

See Box making Toilet boxes. See Closets, toilet Toilet closets. Toilet fixtures care of

82-85* 223

148, 155, 156

Tomato
dwarf champion food value
indoor planting time
insect pests peeling tomatoes planting seed depth and distance to plant quantity to plant time to plant remo\4ng ink stains with seed age for planting germination per cent germination period staking the \'ines starting and transplanting
\ines,

314 255 G 233 286, 292 294

H
G

G G

42 36 234 359

G 34 G 233 G 32 G 119 G
118-119 G 313

overgrowth of

GUIDE AND INDEX

Tommy
Tongs
blacksmith's tools
.

259
PAGE

Tiddler's

Land (Game)
. .

K
.

345

making iron tongs, making Tongue and groove joints Tongue grafting. See Grafting Tool boxes and chests
fire tools,

M 226*, 228 M 374-377* M 285-288*

C
257*

226-227*. 339-341*

old-fashioned chest suit case design

Tool making
boring tool cape chisel centre punch cold chisel crowbars cutting off tool diamond point
.

M M

C C

dividers
drills

M M

eccentric strap fire screen fire tools

341-344* 345-346* 296-306* 304* 299* 297* 298*, 325 352* 305* 301* 340-341* 347-349* 334*

M M M M M M

hammers
hardening
hardie

hoe hot

chisel

lathe tools nail puller or claw tool pitch fork rock driUs

round nose
set

hammer

shovel side point

steel for

stone chisel stone pick

tempering
tongs, iron

steel for

wood

chisel

wrenches, steel See also Forging; Steel; Welding Tooled leather. See Leather work Tools anvil stake

M 370-379* M 7*, 316-324* M 289-292 M 322* M 328-330* M 324* M 300-306 M 353* M 239* M 334-349* M 300 M 323* M 372-374* M 303 M 289 M 341-344* M 344* M 292-296 M 286-288* M 337-338 M 273-281*
M 10* M 208 M H-l^* M 255
9, 157*.

M M

11*

beck iron
burners
calipers
chisels

225*

I
260
Tools

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued
dividers

using draw plate

drills

enameling tools
face plate
files

fullers

gouges graver

hack saw

hammer
hand hammer
peen
set

hammer
work tools wooden

hardie
jewelers' snips

leather mallet,

mandrel matt tool

pm
pitch block planishing hammer, using
pliers

M 5* M 24* M 100*, 102, 209 M 9* M 197 M 209 M 9* M 224* M 225 M 209 C 175 M 7* M 224* M 254* M 225* M 226*, 274* M 5* 323-324*, N 91*, 96* M 8* M 209 M 210 M 210 M 210 M 22* M 6*
D

pottery modeling tools principle of the inclined plane applied to

punch ring mandrel

riveting tool

sand bag saw frame

scraper

screw principle shaping tools

shears shovel sledge

snarUng iron
soldering outfit square, steel stake and riveting

toi>l

swages
tracer

tongs
vise

wedge, principle of wooden block using

'

M 154* M 10* M 210 M 9* M 210 B 156 M 10* M 5* M 226*, 229 M 225 M 210 M 11-12* M 5*, C 205* M 11 M 225* M 211 M 226*, 228 M 6*, 21*, 22* B 59-61* M 19* M 28*
.

285-287 B 59 M7*, 297*

6*,

GUIDE AND INDEX

Tools

261
PAGE

Continued See also Carpentry and Woodwork Tools and appliances; Chisels; Drilling and boring tools; Gardening Tools; Hammers; Tool boxes; Tool making; Wedge; Wrenches Topping plants G 199, 250-251

Tops
plug in the ring

K
C
C

376
274*

Towel rack making a wooden rack Towel roller making a wooden roller Towels marking Toy making
aeroplanes

267-269*

N
C C C C

157

boat in a storm
designing

moving toys

dog house
electric engine

40-49 68-83* 52-56* 58-60* C 42*

electric spinner
electric train

operated by wireless outfit

fencers

happy Jack windmill

Indian paddlers

moving toys
cautions

method

of procedure

racing automobfle

sawyers turkey and executioner wooden boxes See also Kites

58* 57* 325-327* C 46-48* C 159* C 44-46* C 58-95 C 61 C 58-60* C 62-66* C 50-52* C 56-57* C 40*

E E

Toys
giving away inventions and discoveries

10

Hll

Tracer metal worker's tool

M
K K K K K K
N
also

211

Track
all

athletics

round championship

best college record intercollegiate contest events Olympic games, events one hundred yard dash, best record scoring in all round championship Trained animals. See Animals Transferring embroidery patterns stencil designs Transplanting. See Vegetable gardening; Beets; Lettuce, etc.
.

328 336 360 872 329 328

128-129 D 113

names

of plants, e. g..

Trapping

478-510

262
Trapping

GUIDE AND INDEX

Continued

PAGE

baiting traps carrot bait

for muskrats books about box traps

A A A A
A

509 508* 505 519

deadfall trap

A 479*, C454* 486, 509, C 454*

455* 493 A 483-484 A 489-491 491-493, 505 A 501 A 497-501 A 495-497 A 504 A 479- 483 A 484-488 C 455* A 508* A 504 A 502 A 505-506* A 502 A 503 A 502 A 494-495 A 488

gophers land animals

A A

mink
moles muskrats.
profit
.

A
in

and recreation
.

rabbits
rats river trapping rules of the game

skunks
snares

with carrot bait

steel

jaw

traps, setting

steel traps, cruelty of

stop-thief traps .^ traps, humane and inhuman

trapping water animals weasel

swamp

woodchucks Traps (Plumbing) construction and purpose defective, reason and remedy
location

H
H
C

217, 218

218

217, 219

Trash
disposal of

220

Trays gouge work See also Copper work

Tread-mill training dogs to run

258-265*

mechanism
Trees
age,

255-256 B 337*

how

to

tell

525

broad leaved

compound leaves doubly compound

maple oak
simple leaves

532-533, 543-555 C 543* C 543*

:C 544-548

C
and
characteristics characteristics

cambium

layer

classification

coniferous trees,

names and

....

C C

548-555 C 543* A 441 532-566 535-542


GUIDE AND INDEX
.

263
PAGE

Trees

Continued
.

cutting down, art of danger of roots to cement walks growth process heart wood versus sap wood identifying planting directions playhouse in a tree

98-99* B 15 C 5^5 C 526

A 48, 71 G 80-82

products of
qualities of different varieties

K
C

meaning selecting and planting

rings,
. .

3 511 101 525

78-82

seeds for propagation gathering A 46-50 ripening and drying A 48 treatment, where to get information A 49 table describing 367 See also Forestry; Fruit trees; Grafting; Landscape garden^

ing;
Trellises

Lumber and lumbering;

of trees,
e. g..

names
Trench.
Trestle.

Nuts; Priming; Maple; Oak; Pine, etc.

Wood;

also

D
See See

209-211*

Cement walk; Drainage; Gardening

Saw

horse

Triangles (Tools)

making
Trick joints
Trilliums habits
.

C
characteristics

386-388* C 257*

and

344

Trimmings.
Triplane
Trolling

See Crocheting

K
stick,

Trophy
Trout

notched

180 139* C 11*

bait culture from eggs feeding reclaiming the trout stream

K
A

134, 135

Trout lily Truck garden.

273 272 271-272 G 342

A A

See Vegetable gardening

Trumpet vine
decorative value

T-square

making
to prevent warping Tub racing

359 24* 384-386* C 394 390

Tubs.

See Bathtubs; Laundry

Tucking
Tulip cone developer planting bulbs indoors red, planting and blooming time,

N
G G G

36*
175 166 179

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Tulip

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
Continued
tree, characteristics

varieties

white, planting and blooming time yellow, planting and blooming time

G G G
E E
B B B B

561 168 177 178

Tungsten lamp
cost of
141*, 144

metal filaments Turbines

145

Foumevron Jonvaf
steam water

342* 341* 128 145

Turkey book about

breeds enemies, lice and wet feeding young turkeys food value habits of turkey hen hatching, time required laying and sitting habits
raising selection of, for cooking Turn spit dog

519 185 184 183, 184 253 A 183 A 183 A 183 182-185 271 B 337

A A A

Turnip
food value planting seed

255

depth and distance to plant

quantity to plant time to plant
seed

G 42 G 36 G 234
G
33,

age for planting germination per cent germination period

soil

34 233 G 32 G 314
300 347 359
365 349

Turnip-root cabbage planting Turpentine moth exterminator paint stain remover Turtle head
characteristics

H H
G G
A
B B B B

where found
Turtles

taming Typewriter alignment "blind" vn^iieT carbon copjdng device card indexing device
.

266 420 406 418 415

GUIDE AND INDEX

Typewriter
Continued
carriage interchangeable,

265

mechanism
disconnecting parts

of

double shift
duplicators essential features invention of

keyboard
universal

B
mechanism

kinds
line-spacing
noiseless operation Oliver, mechanical principle

paper feed
platen
essentials

404 416 B 421 B 413 B 406 B 416-418 B 419-422 B 402 403, 4^6, 412, 419 B 412 B 402 B 405, 421 B 422 B 412-413* B 404

B 403, B 415*,

interchangeable

B B
and
their uses

421 415

Remington
description of parts

improvements
ribbon

movement
two and three
colors

ribbons,

scales semi- visible writers smgle shift

Smith-Premier
spacing bar tabulator

403-407* 407-409 B 422 109, 411, 414 B 406 B 407 B 406 109-411*, 414 B 405 B 413-414

B B

type
cleaning cleaning device

niechanism
visible WTiters

work done by

421 410 403, 404, 409, 412, 420 B 407 B 402

B B

U
U-tube, theory of Umbrella handles

H
D

215-216

woods and roots for Umbrella stand design and construction

iron

59-61

work
finish

mission design

wood

161-165* 409 C 375* E) 236

M
H

Unleavened bread nutriment Upsetting. See Forging

Upstairs work Utensils. See Kitchen utensils

300

146-159

266

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

V
Vacuum
cleaner
electric

home made
plunger pump, making

power driven, home made

principle of

B B B

using

water motor
Valerian
characteristics

E 243* 378-386* 379-381* 381-386* E 53 B 386 B 381*

333

Vane. See Weather vane Varnish and varnishing drying, time required
dull finish
flat finish

grades of varnish method of using number of coats needed quality of varnish, recognizing rubbing down process "sag" and how corrected

221-222 D 224 D 224 C 486 112, C 486 D 222 D 220 D 223 D 220-221

Vase
brass work concrete garden vase, pottery, making typical flower holders

M
making

D D

140-145* 203-209* 307-310* D 87-89*

358 269 253 296-315

Veal
as chicken cuts and their uses food value; table

H H H

Vegetable gardening combinations for late planting indoor and outdoor planting time intermingling from close planting money makmg garden planting tables age for planting

G
.

.G116
G
G
233-235 G 105 368-374

depth and distance

germination per cent germination time quantity to plant
seeds, selling selling young plants

G 34 G 42 G 233 G 32 G 36

transplanting from the coldframe strawberry boxes for See also Coldframe; Drainage; Fertilizers and manures; dening; Herbs; Hotbed; Insect pests; Plant food; Plants; Soils; also names of vegetables, e. g.. Beans; Cabbage; Carrot,
etc.

G G G G

371-372 370-371 268-270 101-102 G 118 Gar-

GUIDE AND INDEX

Vegetables
boiling

267

burning, treatment

camp cooking
cleaning
;

cooking preparation for with left overs dandelion greens exhibits, preparation for food value husking
peeling
, , .

H 279 H 35g K 89, 90 H 293 H 356 H 293-295 H 355

H
63 202 250, 255

H H
A

294294-

roots, cooking preparation for selling.

pokeweed

scraping seasoning

selection of, for cooking shelling

soaking stewing See also names of vegetables;

kin; etc.

H H H H H H
e. g..

58 369 294 279 271 294 295 280

Cauliflower; Parsnip;

Pump-

Verbena
characteristics

planting Village improvement

G 332 G 84
can do

books about what boys and Vinegar

cider vinegar

girls

A 518 469-472

book about making .^ "mother," meaning

.

A 518 412-417 A 415

Vinegar cruet washing Vines annuals

climbers for covering fences
scarlet

H
G
and buildings

183

runner bean

training

use in landscape gardening

Violet California, characteristics habits and characteristics insect pests Russian, characteristics tufted, characteristics where to plant wild varieties

G G G G G
G

359 359 138 297

139

359

333
^^*^i^

846, 364

^ G G ^ ^

333 334 ^^^

*^*^^

268
Vireos
insect destroyers migration

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

K
G

456
176

Virginia creeper decorative value

359

Vise

22* 138 B 173-175* 390 E 90 perfected method for producing electricity by chemical action E 248 Voltmeter for direct and alternating currents E 93 measuring electric pressure E 39-42 multipliers E 92 principle and operation E 84-93*

bench vise

6*, 21*,

quick action Voisin's biplane Volley ball Volta, Alessandro

W
Waists.

Waiting on
Waitress
dress duties

See Dressmaking table. See Meals

Serving
H
173 169-172 G 344

Wake

robin

Walking
healthfulness of

14-17

Walking

stick

carved by the engraver beetle orange wood roots for handles shaping Walks. See Cement walk; Garden paths Wall brackets. See Brackets W^all cabinet. See Medicine cabinet
W^all flower

A A A A

60 59 60
61

characteristics

332

Wall paper. See Walls Wall rack. See Book rack Wallachian embroidery drawing scallops meaning of
stitch

Walls
care of cleaning appliances cleaning wall paper decoration of dry cleaning how to drive nails into plaster walls

36,

N 135 N 134 N 134* H 122 H 142 H 123 39-41, N 76 H 332

C
246


GUIDE AND INDEX
Walls Continued kitchen paneled walls, cleaning
See also

269
PAGE

H H
Paper hanging

189 122

Embankments;

Wahiut
black
characteristics of tree

imitation stain device for husking drying and storing nuts food value of nuts receipt for pickled walnuts white, characteristics of tree

489,

H
A

563 230 A 36 A 35 256 36-37 C 564

193

Wandering Jew window box plants Warbler

insect destroyer

G
A

456
391

Wardrobe. See Closets, Clothes Warning (Game) Warp. See Weaving Wash board and wash boiler
Washing.
care of See

K
H

313

Laundry work

Washing dishes. See Dish washing Washington (Game) Washington thorn Washstands
cleaning used as playhouse

K
A

392 23
148 8

H
A A

Wasps
development from the egg
feeding grub habits

393-395 A 391 390-391

Waste
classification

disposal of in country in cities Waste pipes care of construction principle disinfection in cleaning

H H

222 220-222
156 216-217 218 220

H H

220

misuse of

Waste water
disposal of in country

H H H H H

216 222

Watch fob
copper and enamel silver or copper work

353-355 187-190*

Watches
balance and spring

374

270
Watches Continued Geneva stop
magnetized

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE

mechanism
non-magnetic
regulators testing for
.

...

magnetism

Watchman's time detector Water

boiling point cold water as a preserver substitute for milk

B 319* 373-375 80, 374 B 375 330-331*, 374 B 375 E 78* B B

H H H H
G

277 357 357 366 362

Water and bog plants

table

Water bugs Water bulbs. See Bulbs Water closets. See Closets, Toilet Water fowl Water garden
W^ater glass egg preservative

K
G

181

362

Water

life

collector's net

telescope for observing

A 177 158-167 158* 159

K K

Water

lilies

table

G
B

366
343*

Water meter
vibrating trough

Water mint
characteristics

366

Water motor. See Water wheels Water pipes. See Plumbing; Waste pipes Water polo Water power
estimating

K
E
B

392

from a continuous

fall of

water

reclaiming a spring See also Water supply; Water race

A
Water wheels

220 341* 281-282

Water

seal

construction and purpose W^ater supply importance of source principle of the tower spring water summer camp de\ices theory of U-tube in waterworks Water tank. See also Pumps; Water wheels; Wells
electric

213 215 A 276 160-162 214-215

K H H H

393
217

warning for empty tank

bills

302*

Water tax
economizing

236

GUIDE AND INDEX

Water wheels
ancient Archi median screw principle barker or reaction breast wheel governors overshot

271
PAGE
344* 344* 343* 341* B 314-315* B 341*, 342 B 341* B 381 B 342*

B B B B

undershot

vacuum cleaner motor volate wheel See also Turbines Water works. See Water supply
Watermelon
food value germination per cent

H
.

plantmg Watt, James

inventor

G G

255 233 308

E
.

40

Watt
unit of power See also Kilowatt

B
E

125

Wattmeter
motor principle measuring watt hours
illustration of

registering

amount

of electricity used

E E A
C
490,

35-42 E 36 40-41 37-38

Wax
bayberry dips
grafting

making beeswax

wood

finish

20-21 256 A 323 225-226

G
G

See also Floors

Wax Wax

beans myrtle

297 18-19

Waxwings
insect destroyers

A A A
B B

457
405 494

Weasel
colors of fur

habits

Weather
records,

how made

symbols

362-363 361-362

Weather boarding. Weather vane making

Weathered oak Weathering

See also Barometer; Rain; Thermometer; Weather vane; See House framing

Wind

154-168*

Zeppelin airship weather vane, making

finish

C
t)

165* 233
^i

meanmg
Weaving
bordered table scarf

244-279,

296-305 t) 273-276

272
Weaving

GUIDE AND INDEX

Continued
N D

PAGE
304-305 262-265 N 297 276-279 303

color effects curtains and draperies

dowel
dyeing, materials for French as weavers

D
D N

hand loom
bridge description of treadle loom home-made, wdthout treadle primitive loom setting shuttle and bobbin shuttle for woof cloth simple cardboard loom materials to use pattern weaving drawing in the pattern hit-and-miss pattern operation of the harnesses pick variations in patterns portieres and couch covers process beating up the woof drawing in the warp pairing threads preparing the warp warping the loom rattan mats rugs

harmonizing
tapestry designs

effects

warp and woof warping hook

See also Braiding

299 247-249* 296-297 D 245 297-300 249-251, D 246* D 254 8 301 D 265-273 D 267-270* 302 D 270-272 D 271* D 272, 275 D 260-262 300-301 249-252, 300 D 252, 300 D 251, 298 297 D 249, 298 D 250, 247*, 249 297-303 252-260, 304 303 8-9* D 246, 251*

N N

N
N

N N

N N N N N

N N N D
C

Wedge
cutting tool principle of rule for power

169 59-61*

64

Weeds
annuals, destroying biennials, destroying

book about
definition of

destroying and preventing distribution of seeds

foreign good points

medicinal

book about

271-280 G 275 G 276 A 519 A 469 469-472, G 275-279 G 273 G 279 G 272 A 57-58, G 272 A 516

GUIDE AND INDEX

Weeds
Continued perennials, destroying propagation
seeds
trailing branches table of test of acid soil

273
PAGE

276-277

G 274 G 275 G 278 G 29

A
33
356

Weevils chestnut weevil Weigela

characteristics

G
B C
C

Weight
principle of lifting

23-28*

Weights and measures

English versus metric system; tables
tables units of
500, 502

311

See also

measurement Electric measurements

499, 502

Welding
built-up

M
work

butt welds
definition of

chains
cleft

M M M M
M
M
E

weld

corner plate
electric

welds flat welds and T-welds horse shoes iron oxidation, preventing
flat

247-263* 247 257* 247, 315 250-253* 258* 261* 158-159 254-257* 261-263*

M M

M M
M M

iron ring iron tongs

221 247 248-250*, 254*

jump weld
kinds
lap weld scarfing

a wrench socket wrenches T weld temperature of fire tool steel to wrought iron turn buckles
upsetting

287-288* 259-261* 254 258* 254-256*, 258* 275* 277-281* 262-263* 234-235 352 330* 260*

M M

M M M

M M M

M M M
H

Wells
location

and care

214

See also

Pumps

Western Union Telegraph Company equipment and amount of business

60

Whale

oil

soap

spray for insects

289, 290

274
Wheat

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
depth to plant seeds

G
B
27,

235

Wheel and axle

principle of rule for power

78-82* B 64

Wheel-barrow
leverage principle

making
W'heels

B B

B 27 375-378*
318-325*

mechanical movements
See also Screw propeller; Turbines; W^ater wheels Whip grafting. See Grafting

Whisk broom
raffia

275*

White pine. See Pine White rabbit. See Rabbit Whitewash

preparing surface walls preparing the lime value for cellar walls Whittling beveling calendar back curves, cutting cutting out process drawing the design
first
.
.

H 340 339-340 210 C 6-22 C 122

lessons in

fish line

winder

key rack key tags

knife

18* 15* 12* 12* C 9-12* C 15* C 12-14* C 14*

C C C C

kind to use method of holding paper knife picture frames

propeller blades

...

6* 8* 121-123* C 19-22* C 70-72*

C C

sand papering edges

testing with the try square tip cat
.

15

C
C C

weather vane making

windmills

woods

for

worsted w^inder See also Wood carving Wicket polo

9* 35-37* 154-156* 159-168* C 7 C 16*

Wicks trimming Widow's cruse of oil: story Wild animals. See Animals Wild carrot class and seed time

K 393 H 137 H 29
G
278


GUIDE AND INDEX
Wild carrot
Continued
seed distribution

275
PAGE

Wild crabapple Wild flower gardening April, June and July blooms
decorative value of wild flowers landscape gardening
late

q
.*

g-^g

21

22

blooms

March blooms

May
soil

blooms
.
.

planning and care

.^

succession of bloom transplanting Wild flowers. See Flowers Wild fowl. See Game and

G G
game
birds;

338-339 A 56 q 3^2 q 339 q 333 q 338 G 336 337, 338 338-339 G 337

Water

fowl.

Wild geranium
characteristics

G
A
A

342

Wild grapes. Wild nuts

hst of
.

See Grapes
.

29

Wild plums
"goin' plummin'" Wild raspberries Wild rice

26-29

A A
B B

10

78-79
77-78* 78-81

Winch
setting uses Wind. See

up

Winds

Wind break
trees for

G
G
B
C C C

79,

82

Wind Wind

flower root

343 348, 365

Windlass
principle of

78-82*

Windmill

common

windmill

happy Jack weather vane

horizontal weather vane six-bladed weather vane

Zeppelin weather vane

B 346* 159-162* 162-165* 167-168 C 165*

Window-box
advantages over pots construction and painting crowding plants in draining how to fasten to window selection of plants for sunny and shady windows Window seat for girl's room

G 190 191-192 G 194 G 163 G 195 192-196

N
C

37-i

Windows
batten blinds

475

276
Windows
Continued

GUIDE AND INDEX

PAGE
cleaning
details of

window frames

H 134 D 30*
C C

hanging
inside trim location of cellar window^s setting frames

H
C

474 473* 208 469

Winds
measuring device
table of velocity See also Weather vane; Windmill Winter sports clothing and footwear

199-200* B 198

K K

208-224* 208-210*

Winterberries description of

57
101

Wire
reducing size of See also Electric wires Wire ropes. See Rope Wireless Club Wireless Telegraph accidents prevented by
aerials

M
E
E

331-332

347, 355-357

amateur stations
antennae C. Q. D. message, meaning coherer
circuit

E E E E E

331 347 320* 356

construction discovery
electric bell

E 323* 316-321* E 346

321 324* 316 327-328* E 346 E 346 E 347 E 321 E 346 E 327* E 347 E 330 320-321* 322-323 E 347 E 330 321-322* 329-330* 325-327* E 346

as transmitter

operated by wireless
ether waves
fireworks, operated
first
first first

E E E

by company organized

practical use public stations

ground wire Hertzian waves incandescent lamps operated by law requiring use on steamers Morse alphabet operation of a simple type
^

relay

E E
E E E

sending messages to ocean steamers

signal code

spark coil, construction tapper toy train operated by trans-Atlantic messages

first

sent

GUIDE AND INDEX

Wistaria decorative value Witch hazel
characteristics

277
PAGE

G
G

359 356 394

Wolf and sheep (Game)

Women
Heritage of

home making power

63-68 44

Wood
best woods for special pm-poses decay, cause of durability

KlOl
C
C
532,

C 492 492-494

hard wood beech

black jack or barren oak black or sweet birch black or yellow oak bur oak (mossy cup) chestnut oak cypress ehn, white or American Georgia pine
holly

101

honey locust hop hornbeam, ironwood hornbeam, or blue birch

larch
lam'el oak locust, black

and yellow

paper birch pin oak

post or iron oak red birch red elm, slippery elm red oak red or swamp maple red pine rock, cork elm silver, or white maple sugar maple swamp white oak

tamarack white oak willow oak

yellow birch yellow pine preservation
soft

C 55Q C 554 C 557 C 554 C 551 C 552 C 540 C 559 C 535 564 C 565 C 558 C 559 C 539 C 555 C 565 C 558 C 553 C 552 C 557 C 559 C 553 C 547 C 536 C 560 C 546 C 545 C 552 C 539
^;

^50

C
<^

^^^ ^5" ^ ^^^ 493-495

^^

wood
Arbor vitae balsam
basswood, linden

5i^^

*^
^^
^;

101
^"^^

540 ^^^

278
Wood,
soft

GUIDE AND INDEX

wood

Continued

PAGE
538 548 565 540 558 539 548 548 536 541 538 542 535 538 495-497*

black spruce

box elder buckeye

fir

gray, or aspen-leaved birch

hemlock

moosewood
mountain maple
pitch pine red cedar red spruce white cedar white pine white spruce strength of See also Forestry; Kindling wood;

...

C C C C C C C C C C C C C C

C
Trees

Wood anemone
Wood
habits and characteristics carving black and white design blotter pads, designs chip carving curved cutting designs
elliptical

343

C 127 C 125-126 C 98-108* C 104-108

for borders for centres for corners

flat

work.

glove box design holding the knife key rack designs knives for carving letter racks, designs
origin

paper knife
pencil

box

penholder picture frames

polishing triangular cutting veining

C 112-115 C 98-103* C 103-108* C 103* C 97-119* C 128 C 100* C 123, 126 C 99* C 109-117 C 98 C 121-123* C 106-108* C 117-119* C 129-132* C 131 C 98-99 C 117*

woods

Wood

for finishing

C
C C

121

aging wood antique finish cleaning, the first step colors, obtaining

D
D

dead

flat

surface

C C

dull finish

489 489 213 488 485 224


GUIDE AND INDEX
Wood
Continued finishing enameling white
.

279

fillers

,
.

cost of surfacing Hquid, formula

.

importance of paste, formula applying

D
.

when
flat finish

to use liquids or paste

polishing process
re-finishing

C C

gg^ 484 jy 217 D 216 213-215 D 2jg D 219 D 215 D 224 489-491 484-487
j)

old furniture

mahogany table rubbing down process

scraping
shellac, using
^

varnish, removing

wax

finish
.

white enamel white wood woods that do and do not require fillers See also Stains and staining; Varnish and varnishing Wood fire. See Fires

238-243 241-243 D 223 D 239 486, D 216-217 D 240 225-226, C 490 D 235 D 230 C 484

D D

Wood Wood Wood Wood

lot

clearing for kindling

wood

A B

407
156

screws strength of
staining.

...

See Stains and staining

tag

K
A A

394

Woodchucks
taming
trapping

Woodcraft axemanship
getting lost

land marks
lost signals

269 488 K 93-109* 96-97 102-109 K 103 108

K
K
B

See also Trees

Woodpecker
insect destroyer

A
Woodwork

457,

168

Woodwork.
Woof.

See Carpentry and

See Weaving Wool combing machine

roller motion Woolen clothes

820* 824
'^'^^

laundering
storing

H
^^

Work.

See Housekeeping; Occupations

Work bag and sewing apron combined

81-33 ^

SEP

13

191?

280
Work bench. Work shop

GUIDE .\XD INDEX

PAGE
See Carpentry

garden tool making

See also Carpentr>-

41-71*

Worms
fish bait

130

Wren
insect destroyer

migration

K
making

456 176

Wrench
alligator wrench,
flat

wrought iron wrendi, making

forging bardie for socket wrench welding

M 276^ M 74-:?77* M 73-74* M ^7-i* M 79-Sl* M :277-:?79

H
31-1

Wringer for laundry work Writing desk. See Desk

Wrought iron making

sted versus

M
X

30-232 266

M
E

X-ray
ether waves physiological effect

316 336

Y
Yachts
flag signals
.

107-109

See also

Launch
making
of light

Yeast
principle in bread

H
Z

296-296

Young,

Sir

ether

Thomas wave theory

545

Zeppelin's dirigible balloon Zinnia

characteristics

B
.

162

planting
selecting seeds
.

G G G

328 159 323

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